Alehouse
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 a tavern where ale is sold wordnet
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More examples"On the evening of the day when the Lord Keeper and his daughter were saved from such imminent peril, two strangers were seated in the most private apartment of a small obscure inn, or rather alehouse, called the Tod's Den, about three or four miles from the Castle of Ravenswood."
Etymology
From Middle English alehous, alehuse from Old English ealuhūs. By surface analysis, ale + house.