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Etymology

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cheese +‎ vat

Noun

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cheesevat (plural cheesevats)

  1. A vat in which cheese is made.
    • 2005, Patricia Crawford, Women's Worlds in Seventeenth-Century England: A Sourcebook:
      The cheesevats, butter, and cheese in Charles's inventory (not itemised in Isabel's) indicate that Isabel makes her own.