‖ reinette
(reɪˈnɛt)
Also 6 reinet, 8 reynette.
[F. reinette; the more usual form is rennet, q.v.]
A variety of apple, the rennet.
| 1583 Rates of Customs A iij, Appuls called pippins or reinets the bushel xijd. 1706 London & Wise Retir'd Gard. x. 43 The Frank Reynette is an old Apple, well known. Ibid. 44 Its Juice is very sweet, being more pleasant to the Taste than the Reynette. 1731 Miller Gard. Dict. (1733) s.v. Apple, Apples..proper for a Desert,..Golden Reinette,..La Reinette grise. Ibid., Such Apples as are preferr'd for kitchen use,..French Reinette,.. Monstrous Reinette. 1824 Loudon Encycl. Gard. (ed. 2) 691 Rennets, Reinettes or Little Queens. 1862 Ansted Channel Isl. iv. xxi. (ed. 2) 488 The reinettes (or rennets) are a large group. |
Hence † reinetting = renneting n. Obs. rare—1.
| 1664 Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 191 Apples..Golden Doucet, Apis, Reineting [etc.]. |