fleetings

English

Noun

fleetings pl (plural only)

1. (UK, dialect) A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.
   • 1813, H. Holland, General View of the Agriculture of Cheshire:

     As soon as the whey is exhausted of its cream , about two quarts of butter-milk is poured into it , which again breaks into what are called fleetings or flit milk

References

• “fleetings”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.