Winetrough

//ˈwaɪnˌtɹɔf// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Winepress.

    "When a man went to a heap of eight bushels of grain, there would be only four; if he went to draw off fifty barrels from the winetrough, there would be no more than twenty."

Example

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"When a man went to a heap of eight bushels of grain, there would be only four; if he went to draw off fifty barrels from the winetrough, there would be no more than twenty."

Etymology

From Middle English *wynetrough, *wyntrogh, from Old English wīntrog (“winepress”), equivalent to wine + trough.

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