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alehouse

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *aluþhūsą Old English ealuhūs Middle English alehous English alehouse From Middle English alehous, alehuse from Old English ealuhūs. By surface analysis, ale + house.

  1. inherited from ealuhūs
  2. inherited from alehous

Definitions

  1. A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold.

    • Find him in a pulpit but twiſe in the yeare, And Ile find him fortie times in the ale-houſe taſting ſtrong beare.
    • Mention has been already made more than once, of a certain Dragon who swung and creaked complainingly before the village ale-house door.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA