ˈwenzlēˌdāl noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Wensleydale, locality in Yorkshire, England
1.
a. : a white cheese eaten fresh before curing
b. : a pale soft cheese blue-veined after curing
2. : a hornless long-wooled mutton type sheep of an English breed developed by intercrossing Leicesters and native Yorkshire sheep