单词 | cervoise |
释义 | cervoisen. Ale, beer.In later use only with reference to various kinds of beer brewed or consumed in French-speaking countries. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] aleeOE cervoisec1487 strong barley water1625 Darbya1637 nappy1705 yill1787 nut-brown1828 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica v. 346 Malte..to brewe for theyr vsual drynke, whiche somme callyd tysane & other seruoyse or ale. a1500 (a1477) Black Bk. (Soc. of Antiquaries) in A. R. Myers Househ. Edward IV (1959) 111 A quart wyne, j gallon seruoice. ?1532 Ordynaunces Emperour f. xvv Sufferynge them somtyme for recreacyon to drynke a potte of seruoyse with theyr wyues so yt they drynke not dronken. 1845 O. Delepierre Old Flanders I. 20 The landlords of all the inns were seated at their doors, loudly vaunting the excellence of their liquors, and inviting the passengers to try their cervoise, and good cider, and delicious hypocras. 1904 W. S. Davis Falaise of Blessed Voice xv. 175 Two or three well-to-do burghers had opened their shutters and were passing out deep leathern mugs of cervoise,—the strong barley beer of the countryside. 2010 Times 24 Apr. (Impressions of Normandy section) 3/5 Cider..is said to have gained the royal stamp of approval from Louis XVI and by the 1600s had overtaken cervoise (an ancient barley beer) as the region's dominant drink. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1487 |
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