† rack vintagen.
Obsolete. rare.
A vintage of racked wines stored for sale or export after the first vintage.
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1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14 For the freight of euery tun wyne at the racke vintage, xvi.s.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Hhh2 Racke vintage, anno 32. H. 8. cap. 14, is a second vintage or voyage for wines by our Merchants into Fraunce, &c.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Rack Vintage, (31 H. 8. cap. 14) is a second Vintage or Voyage for Wines by our Merchants into France, &c. for Rack'd Wines, that is, Wines so cleansed and purged, that they may be, and are drawn from the Lees. [Also in later dictionaries.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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