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Tertiary term

knife, curd

URI

https://nomenclature.info/nom/4533 (opens semantic view)

Definition

A rectangular metal tool with vertical or horizontal wires, and a wooden or metal handle. Some curd knives have the shape of saber with a long blade. Used to cut the curd in the cheese-making process.

Definition source(s)

• American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. 2018. “Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage des objets de musée.” September 1, 2018. https://www.nomenclature.info/.

English

Term (International)

curd knife

Inverted term (International)

knife, curd

Alternative term(s)

cheese knife

French

Term (International)

tranche-caillé

Term gender (International)

masculine

Alternative term(s)

coupe-fromage

Spanish

Term

cuchillos de cuajada

External term source

Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online

Date created

2010-01-01

Date updated

2023-10-23

Bibliographic citation(s)

• Arminjon, Catherine, Nicole Blondel, and Ministère de la culture et de la communication. 1984. Objets civils domestiques : Vocabulaire. Paris, FR: Imprimerie nationale.
• Decker, John W. 1894. La fabrication du fromage cheddar. Translated by Émile Castel. Montréal, QC: E. Senécal. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.05971.
• Henry, Gabriel. 1897. Cheese Making. CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. Québec: Dept. of Agriculture. http://online.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.94846.
• Office québécois de la langue française. 1990. “tranche-caillé.” Grand dictionnaire terminologique. 1990. https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/17029529/tranche-caille.
• Potts, Arthur Edward, and University of Saskatchewan. 192AD. Cheese-Making on the Farm. Agricultural Extension Bulletin / University of Saskatchewan, College of Agriculture 17. Saskatoon, Sask. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.65464.
• Thom, Charles, and W. W. Fisk. 1918. The Book of Cheese. Rural Text-Book Series. New York: Macmillan Co. New York. http://books.google.com/books?id=37Y1AAAAMAAJ.
• Wikipédia. 2021. “Tranche-caillé.” Wikipédia. November 3, 2021. https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tranche-caill%C3%A9&oldid=187674444.
• het MOT, Grimbergen. n.d. “Curd Knife.” Het MOT. Accessed May 1, 2023. https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/curd-knife?lang=en.
• het MOT, Grimbergen. n.d. “Tranche-caillé (m.).” het MOT. Accessed October 23, 2023. https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/tranche-caille?lang=fr.

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