A loosely woven cotton gauze. Originally used to wrap cheese but now used for many tasks including in cooking used to strain liquids or make sachets and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off
Fibre: Cotton Weave: Plain Characteristics: Originally used as a wrapping material for pressing cheese Loosely woven, thin, light in weight, open in construction, and soft Carded yarns are always used It is also called gauze weave When woven in 36" widths it is called tobacco cloth When an applied finish is added, it is called buckram, crinoline, or bunting Uses: In the gray cloth, it is used for covering tobacco plants, tea bags and wiping cloths Finished cloth is used for curtains, bandages, dust cloths, cheap bunting, hat lining, surgical gauze, fly nets, food wrapping, e g meat and cheese, costumes and basket tops
Cheesecloth is cotton cloth that is very thin and light. There are tiny holes between the threads of the cloth. cheesecloth shirts. thin cotton cloth used for putting around some kinds of cheeses, and sometimes for making clothes