Caerphilly


a mild, white, crumbly, medium-hard cheese, originally made in Wales.
Historical Examples

The Making of William Edwards Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks
Medival Wales A. G. Little
Sermons of Christmas Evans Joseph Cross
Medival Wales A. G. Little
Medival Wales A. G. Little
Christmas Evans Paxton Hood
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 Various
Sermons of Christmas Evans Joseph Cross
Medival Wales A. G. Little
In Unfamiliar England Thomas Dowler Murphy

noun
a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)
a county borough in SE Wales, created in 1996 from parts of Mid Glamorgan and Gwent. Pop: 170 200 (2003 est). Area: 275 sq km (106 sq miles)
a creamy white mild-flavoured cheese

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