long horn

noun

1. a moist Cheddar of cylindrical shape, weighing about 12 pounds (5.4 kilograms).

Word History and Origins

Origin of long horn¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Some communities are teaching extra congregants how to blow the twisty, long horn so that people who want to hear it can do so in smaller groups.

From Washington Post

The cup-bearer nodded and walked away, returning in moments with a long horn.

From Literature

It was a long horn, but Thor was Thor, and he raised the brimming horn to his lips and began to drink.

From Literature

In A Dance with Dragons, Jon Snow dreams of Rickon’s direwolf Shaggydog tearing at the flesh of a unicorn-like beast – “an enormous goat, washing the blood from his side where the goat’s long horn had raked him”.

From The Guardian

Known as the Siberian unicorn, the animal had a long horn on its nose, and roamed the grasslands of Eurasia.

From BBC