Bowse
noun, verb
noun, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.
Verb
- 1 To drink excessively and socially; to carouse. archaic
"O generous food! Drest as though bold Robin Hood, Would, with his maid Marian, Sup and bowse from horn and can."
- 2 To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.
- 3 haul with a tackle wordnet
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More examples"O generous food! Drest as though bold Robin Hood, Would, with his maid Marian, Sup and bowse from horn and can."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English bousen, from Middle Dutch būsen, buisen, buysen (“to drink heavily”) (Dutch buizen). Related to Middle High German būsen (“to swell, inblow”). More at beer.
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.