Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In dairying, a wooden box or bowl having a perforated bottom in which curd is placed to drain.
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Examples
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It was also an unending care from the time the milk was set over the fire to warm and then to curdle; through the breaking of the curds in the cheese-basket; through shaping into cheeses and pressing in the cheese-press, placing them on the cheese-ladders, and constantly turning and rubbing them.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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An old cheese-press, cheese-ladder, and cheese-basket from Deerfield Memorial Hall are shown in the illustration.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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Next morning she drained the curd in a cloth over a cheese-basket, and put on a stone to press out the whey.
Aunt Madge's Story Sophie May 1869
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