单词 | yard-of-ale |
释义 | yard-of-ale[ yahrd-uhv-eyl ] / ˈyɑrd əvˈeɪl / nouna trumpet-shaped glass about 3 feet (1 meter) long with a bulb at the closed end, for serving ale or beer. the amount contained in such a glass. Also called aleyard, yard. Origin of yard-of-aleFirst recorded in 1885–90 Words nearby yard-of-aleyarding, yardland, yard-long bean, yardman, yardmaster, yard-of-ale, yard sale, yardstick, yare, Yaren, yark Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for yard-of-aleyard of ale nounthe beer or ale contained in a narrow horn-shaped drinking glass, usually about one yard long and holding between two and three pints such a drinking glass itself Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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