Truckle
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- This article is about a shape of cheese wheel. For the type of bedding, see truckle bed.
A "truckle" of cheese refers a cylindrical wheel of cheese
Cheese
Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....
, usually taller than it is wide, and sometimes described as barrel-shaped. The word is derived from the Latin trochlea
Trochlea
Trochlea is a term in anatomy. It refers to a grooved structure reminiscent of a pulley's wheel.Most commonly, trochleae bear the articular surface of saddle and other joints:* Trochlea of humerus* Trochlear process of the Calcaneus...
, 'wheel, pulley'. Truckles vary greatly in size, from the wax-coated cheeses sold in supermarkets, to 25 kilogram or larger artisanal cheeses.