lagarn.

/laˈɡɑː/

Forms: Plural lagares.

Etymology: Spanish, < Latin lacus vat holding freshly pressed grape juice. Compare lake n.⁴ 4.

Wine-making.

In Spain and Portugal: a large (usually stone) trough in which grapes are trodden.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > trough for treading

lagar1845

1845 tr. J. J. Forrester Wine Trade of Portugal (ed. 2) 15 The system of pressing the grapes half by night and half by day..cannot fail to be injurious to the wine, by..rendering it necessary that it should remain a longer time in the ‘Lagar’ than would otherwise be required.

1880 H. Vizetelly Facts about Port iii. 51 The casa dos lagares is a long building with a low pointed roof, lighted with square openings along one side, and contains four lagares, in the largest of which sufficient grapes can be trodden at one time to produce thirty pipes of wine.

1975 P. V. Price Taste of Wine iii. 29/1 (caption) The grapes are previously dried on mats; in the old days they were trodden in wooden lagares and then pressed again in a sandwich device.

1975 P. V. Price Taste of Wine iii. 29/4 (caption) The grapes used to be trodden in the lagar by barefoot workmen.

1987 Sunday Express Mag. 4 Jan. 40/4 At least one family—the Newmans..—believe that the best port is produced by teams of men trampling down the grapes underfoot in what is known as a lagar. Great fun, the lagar.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	lagar
释义	lagarn. /laˈɡɑː/ Forms: Plural lagares. Etymology: Spanish, < Latin lacus vat holding freshly pressed grape juice. Compare lake n.⁴ 4. Wine-making. In Spain and Portugal: a large (usually stone) trough in which grapes are trodden. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > trough for treading lagar1845 1845 tr. J. J. Forrester Wine Trade of Portugal (ed. 2) 15 The system of pressing the grapes half by night and half by day..cannot fail to be injurious to the wine, by..rendering it necessary that it should remain a longer time in the ‘Lagar’ than would otherwise be required. 1880 H. Vizetelly Facts about Port iii. 51 The casa dos lagares is a long building with a low pointed roof, lighted with square openings along one side, and contains four lagares, in the largest of which sufficient grapes can be trodden at one time to produce thirty pipes of wine. 1975 P. V. Price Taste of Wine iii. 29/1 (caption) The grapes are previously dried on mats; in the old days they were trodden in wooden lagares and then pressed again in a sandwich device. 1975 P. V. Price Taste of Wine iii. 29/4 (caption) The grapes used to be trodden in the lagar by barefoot workmen. 1987 Sunday Express Mag. 4 Jan. 40/4 At least one family—the Newmans..—believe that the best port is produced by teams of men trampling down the grapes underfoot in what is known as a lagar. Great fun, the lagar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1845
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