Vacherin
- a soft French or Swiss cheese made from cows' milk
- a dessert consisting of a meringue shell filled with whipped cream, ice cream, fruit, etc
Show More
Word Origin
from French vache cow, from Latin vacca
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Examples from the Web for vacherin
Historical Examples
Vacherin à la Main: This is a curiosity in cheeses, resembling a cold, uncooked Fondue.
The Complete Book of CheeseRobert Carlton Brown
I Vacherin comes much closer to our conception of the dish Fondue, which we spell with an "e."
The Complete Book of CheeseRobert Carlton Brown