a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
British. beer.
Origin of ale
before 950; Middle English; Old English (e)alu (genitive ealoth); cognate with Old Saxon alo-,Middle Dutch ale, ael,Old Norse ǫl;Lithuanian alùs, OCS olŭ;Finnish, Estonian olut; areal word of North Europe
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Then here be fritters in the court fashion, made with curds of sack posset, eggs and ale, and seasoned with nutmeg and pepper.
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Now at the place whither I am bound, there is ale, or my gentleman has lied to me.
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British Dictionary definitions for ale
ale
/ (eɪl) /
noun
a beer fermented in an open vessel using yeasts that rise to the top of the brewCompare beer, lager 1
(formerly) an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a cereal, esp barley, but differing from beer by being unflavoured by hops
mainlyBritish another word for beer
Word Origin for ale
Old English alu, ealu; related to Old Norse öl, Old Saxon alofat
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