Gruyere Cheese
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
A kind of cheese made in the Jura district of Switzerland and France, taking its name from the district of
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Gruyere Cheese” mean?
A kind of cheese made in the Jura district of Switzerland and France, taking its name from the district of
Is “Gruyere Cheese” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.