| 单词 | alebench | 
| 释义 | alebenchn. Now historical.   A bench in or in front of an alehouse; a bench in a place where ale is served. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > 			[noun]		 > tavern or public house > beer- or ale-house > beer bar or bench alebenchOE buttery bar1533 OE    Beowulf 		(2008)	 1029  				Ne gefrægn ic freondlicor feower madmas..gummanna fela in ealobence oðrum gesellan. a1325						 (c1280)						    Southern Passion 		(Pepys 2344)	 		(1927)	 l. 1959  				Whanne men [sitteþ] in hare hayt vp hare ale-benche. 1547    Certain Serm. or Homilies 		(1640)	  i. xii.  i. 89  				Which upon the Ale-benches or other places, delight to set forth certaine questions. 1551    R. Robinson tr.  T. More Vtopia sig. Aiii  				An other sorte sytteth vpon theire allebencheis..amonge theire cuppes. 1644    F. Quarles Whipper Whipt 30  				A pack of Alebench Whistlers. 1678    J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 134  				So will he talk when he is on the Ale-bench .       View more context for this quotation 1715    Secret Hist. of Secret Hist. White Staff 22  				The Conceptions of silly Mercenaries, drawn from what they pick'd up..from the..learned Ale-Bench Discourse of this City. 1798    S. Brunskill Def. Methodism 22  				Others are assembled round the ale-bench, drinking till they are intoxicated. 1849    T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 429  				Wild rumours..flew without ceasing from coffeehouse to coffeehouse and from alebench to alebench. 1868    All Year Round 19 Sept. 343/1  				We can fancy the artful rascal..sitting at the ale bench outside the Peal of Bells. 1918    H. A. Evans Highways & Byways in Northamptonshire & Rutland xi. 245  				The early morning visit of the famous Cavalier and his gallant troopers must long have been the talk of the village ale-bench. 1991    Past & Present Aug. 52  				Other sinners were no easier to suppress than the goodfellows of the alebench. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  | 
	
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