double Gloucester

English

Alternative forms

• double Gloster (obsolete)

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps because cream from the morning milk was added to the evening milk, because the milk was skimmed twice, or because the cheese was typically twice the height of a single Gloucester.

Noun

double Gloucester (countable and uncountable, plural double Gloucesters)

1. A variety of Gloucester cheese, stronger and aged for longer than single Gloucester.