ˈrendles Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 5 rennelesse, renlys, 6 renlesse, renels; 5 rendlys, 6–7 -les, 8 -less; 7 rindles, 9 dial. rindless, (-lass, -lis).
[prob. repr. an OE. *rynels = Flem. ren-, rin-, runsel (Kilian), Ger. dial. rensel, rinsel (Diefenbach): see run v. and -els. Palsgrave gives also the form ronnelles.]
Rennet, runnet.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 429/2 Renlys, or rendlys, for mylke [K. rennelesse, P. renels], coagulum. 1530 Palsgr. 262/1 Rendles for a chese, presure. Ibid., Renlesse to make cheese with, presure. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 486 As white as milke, and as good as rendles to giue the forme to cheese. Ibid. II. 166 It will cruddle milke as wel as rennet or rindles. 1784 Twamley Dairying 10 Collecting the Curd at the bottom of the Tub or Pan, after the runnet or rendless has done its duty. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk. 352 The rindless obtained from a calf whose ‘nursing mother’ grazes the pasture common to the dairy stock. |