Pisco
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. countable, uncountable
- 2 A kind of brandy produced in Peru and Chile. uncountable
"The casks of Pisco were kept down the after-hatchway, which, for this reason, was secured with bar and padlock."
Example
More examples"The casks of Pisco were kept down the after-hatchway, which, for this reason, was secured with bar and padlock."
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pisco, from the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.