an old English drink of wine flavoured with spices
Word origin
C14 ypocras, from Old French: Hippocrates, probably referring to a filter called Hippocrates' sleeve
hippocras in American English
(ˈhɪpəˌkræs)
noun
a former cordial made of wine and spices
Word origin
ME ypocras < OFr < Ypocras, Hippocrates, after ML vinum Hippocraticum, wine of Hippocrates: from being filtered through a strainer called “Hippocrates'sleeve” (L manica Hippocratis)