Edam n 1: mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
Edam \E"dam\, n., or Edam cheese \Edam cheese\ A mild Dutch pressed cheese of yellow color and fine flavor, made in balls weighing three or four pounds, and usually colored crimson outside; -- so called from the village of Edam, near Amsterdam. Also, cheese of the same type, wherever made. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]