cheesecloth means A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various culinary tasks and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Etymology
From cheese + cloth.
noun
- A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various culinary tasks and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off.