long horn

American  

noun

1. a moist Cheddar of cylindrical shape, weighing about 12 pounds (5.4 kilograms).

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Etymology

Origin of long horn

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Some communities are teaching extra congregants how to blow the twisty, long horn so that people who want to hear it can do so in smaller groups.

From Washington Post

In A Dance with Dragons, Jon Snow dreams of Rickon’s direwolf Shaggydog tearing at the flesh of a unicorn-like beast – “an enormous goat, washing the blood from his side where the goat’s long horn had raked him”.

From The Guardian

Known as the Siberian unicorn, the animal had a long horn on its nose, and roamed the grasslands of Eurasia.

From BBC

A long horn went off in the lane below.

From The New Yorker

It is best known for the long horn—in fact a tooth, one of just two in the animal’s head—that extends through its upper lip.

From The New Yorker