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hanepoot S. Afr.|ˈhaːnəˌpoːt, -ˌpoət|
Also haanepoot, haanepot, haenapod, hanapoot, and (corruptly) honeypot.
[Afrikaans, f. Du. haan cock + poot foot.]
1. The grape-variety Muscat of Alexandria, a table grape often also used for making wine and for raisins.
c1798A. Barnard in A. W. C. Lindsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 403 The Honipot grape.., a fleshy white grape, which is of the Muscatel nature and excellent. 1801J. Barrow Trav. S. Afr. I. 65 A large white Persian grape, called here the haenapod. 1855W. R. King Campaigning in Kaffirland (ed. 2) 190 The most deliciously flavoured grapes, one sort, called the ‘honeypot’,..of immense size. 1878T. J. Lucas Camp Life 36 A fine fleshy well-favoured variety called hanne poot. 1887Colonial & Indian Exhib., Rep. Col. Sect. 136 Raisins are made from the Haanepot grape. 1896R. Wallace Farm. Ind. Cape Col. x. 202 Of grapes the Haanepoot..and the Barbarossa are considered the best for the British market. 1927Daily Express 8 Apr. 5 The Cape grapes..either the gros Colmars or the white Hanapoots. 1945Cape Times 30 Mar. 4/7 The hanepoots are golden-brown and sweet. 1946Ibid. 11 Feb. 6/5 In 1938–39 it was easy to buy good hanepoots at six or eight lb. for a shilling. 1971Rand Daily Mail 28 July 15 The Spanish variety was thought to be the forebear of the Hanepoot grapes of today.
2. A sweet white wine made from hanepoot grapes.
1804R. Percival Acct. Cape of Good Hope xi. 188 The Hanepod made from a large white grape is very rich, but scarce and dear. 1952C. L. Leipoldt 300 Yrs. Cape Wine xv. 203 A more common Hanepoot wine is a golden coloured, fairly sweet wine, of which several kinds are on the market. 1966C. De Bosdari Wines of Cape (ed. 3) vi. 66 There are also the Muscadels,..from Hanepoot..to Frontignac. |