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vindemiation|vɪndiːmɪˈeɪʃən|
[ad. med.L. vindēmiātio, f. L. vindēmiāre: see prec.]
The gathering of grapes or other fruits. Also transf. and fig.
1609C. Butler Fem. Mon. x. (1623) T ij, Of the fruit and profit of Bees: Wherein is shewed first the Vindemiation or taking of Combes. 1653W. G. Bacon's Hist. Winds, etc. 305 Let this be the first Vindemiation or inchoated interpretation of the Forme of heat. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. 277 Vindemiation, the gathering of Grapes, or reaping the Fruit of any thing; as of Cherries, Apples, Bees, &c. 1727Bailey (vol. II), and in later Dicts. |