jelly bag

noun

a muslin bag used to strain off the juice from the fruit in making jelly (the preserve)

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Historical Examples of jelly bag

Then put them into a jelly-bag, and squeeze out all the juice.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie
Then transfer them to a jelly-bag, and squeeze out the juice.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie
The quince pulp that remains in the jelly-bag can be made into marmalade.
The American Housewife
Anonymous
Let it pass through the jelly-bag again—when cool, turn it into glasses.
The American Housewife
Anonymous
One of the ladies dropped the jelly-bag, the other shrieked out, Oh!
Johnny Ludlow. First Series
Mrs. Henry Wood