the remains of grapes or other fruit that have been pressed for wine-making
2.
a brandy distilled from these
Word origin
C17: from French, from Old French marchier to trample (grapes), march1
Marc in British English
(German mark)
noun
Franz (frants). 1880–1916, German expressionist painter; cofounder with Kandinsky of the Blaue Reiter group (1911). He is noted for his symbolic compositions of animals
marc in American English
(mɑrk; French maʀ)
noun
1.
refuse of grapes, seeds, other fruits, etc. after pressing
2.
a brandy distilled from it, esp. from grape residue
3.
the residue after extraction of a chemical, drug, etc. from a substance
Word origin
Fr < marcher, to tread, trample, march1
Examples of 'marc' in a sentence
marc
Sometimes he might win a few centimes at cards and could afford a vieux marc in the Café du Carrefour.