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ale stake en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of alestake.
It was the custom for brewsters and brewers to display an ale stake in front of their premises when there was ale for sale.
1994, Peter Haydon, The English pub: a history, page 23:When a new brew was ready they would place an 'ale stake', a long pole covered in evergreens, through a window to attract customers.
1995, Roger Protz, The Ale Trail, page 20:The old English proverb, “Good wine needs no brush,” grew out of this custom of hanging a bush to the ale stake.
1900 March 17, Janette Hill Knox, “Some Anglo-Saxon Drinking Customs”, in The Epworth Herald, volume 10, number 42, page 3:
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