单词 | wine-vat |
释义 | wine-vatn. A vat in which the grapes are pressed in winemaking; a wine press. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > wine-press wringc890 pressour1348 press1373 calcatoryc1420 wine press1526 wine-vat1526 presser1570 vine-press1587 grape-press1615 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. xix. 15 He trode the wynefatt of fearsnes. a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. xxxix, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Ii2 The must, Which he was treading in the wine-fats see. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone v. vi. sig. M3v You should ha' some would swell, now, like a wine-fat, With such an Autumne. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Mark xii. 1 A certaine man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the wine fat . View more context for this quotation a1746 E. Holdsworth Remarks & Diss. Virgil (1768) 22 In this dance, he flung himself into different postures, as if he was gathering the bunches of grapes,..flinging them into the wine-vat;..and drinking the must. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator iv. 214/2 The grapes are..emptied into a tub with holes at the bottom... This tub is placed over another much larger, named the wine-vat. 1881 C. Rossetti Pageant & Other Poems 109 The purple wine-fat froths with foam. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1526 |
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