Winetrough
//ˈwaɪnˌtɹɔf// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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