cheese rolling

English

Noun

cheese rolling (uncountable)

  1. An ancient British sport in which competitors race downhill after a rolling round of cheese.
    • 1998, Roy Woodcock, A Year of Walks in the Cotswolds
      This is where the famous cheese rolling takes place.
    • 2003, Colin Michael Hall et al, Food Tourism Around the World
      Each year thousands of spectators gather to watch the ancient sport of cheese rolling at Cooper's Hill...
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