cheese rolling

English

Noun

cheese rolling (uncountable)

1. An ancient British sport in which competitors race downhill after a rolling round of cheese.
   • 1998, Roy Woodcock, A Year of Walks in the Cotswolds:

     This is where the famous cheese rolling takes place.

   • 2003, Colin Michael Hall, et al: Food Tourism Around the World:

     Each year thousands of spectators gather to watch the ancient sport of cheese rolling at Cooper's Hill...