单词 | aletaster |
释义 | aletastern. Originally Scottish. Chiefly historical after 17th cent. An officer appointed to test the ale brewed (and sometimes the bread baked) in a particular area; = ale conner n.The office still exists (or has been revived) in a number of English towns and villages, on a largely ceremonial basis. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > brewer > inspector of ale ale conner1288 aletasterc1430 alefounder1483 c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 332/2 Off the chalance of ail taistaris. 1482 in M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester (1901) II. 304 If any of the seid brewers tonne or send oute of þer places any of ther seid ale tyll the ale taisters haue abled it, [etc.]. a1500 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 62 (MED) The sayd Burgese schall chese..two ale tastars, ye qwhyche..schall taste the ale of all common brewers every weke. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 20v I shall true constable be..true ale taster, trewe wodewarde. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 18 Ale-taster is an officer appointed and sworne in every Leet to looke that the due assise be kept of all the Bread, Ale, and Beere sold within the Jurisdiction of the Leet. 1699 H. Neville Remarks upon Antimonarchical Authors iv. 471 The Ale-Taster make Oath, He will serve the King's Majesty. 1766 J. Burrow Rep. Court King's Bench 2 365 The Pauper..executed the Office of Bailiff or Ale-Taster for the said Burrough. 1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. ii. 1095 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 116) XXIII. 133 The office of the Ale Tasters and Leather Sealers has been long obsolete. 1876 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) xx. 12 The keeper of an ale-house was fined, if he broached a cask, without giving notice to..[the] ale-tasters. 1900 Archaeologia Aeliana 22 100 The sale of ale was generally in the hands of women, who were obliged periodically to send for the sworn aletasters. 1990 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 July 24 Mr Hardy..gains certain rights with his lordship, including the authority to preside at the Henley Court leet..with the mace-bearer, the ale-taster and the butter-weigher. 2004 R. W. Unger Beer in Middle Ages & Renaissance (2007) xii. 198 The aletasters, the enforcers of the assize, brought offending brewers to court and suggested punishments. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1430 |
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