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winehouse en · NOUN

Etymology

From wine + house. Does not continue Old English wīnhūs. First attested in 1607.

Meanings

1. The building on a vineyard in which the winepress is located.
   • Near-synonym: winery
2. (rare) A tavern or restaurant at which the primary drink served is wine.
   • Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju (200–118 BC) was writer of the fu in the Han dynasty. He was a native of Cheng-tu and as a young man was famous for his skill at playing the lute. Once he was asked to play at the banquet of a wealthy man where he was heard by the host's daughter, Cho Wên-chün, a talented young woman recently widowed. She fell in love with him and they eloped together. Her father angrily disowned her and the young couple had no means of livelihood so they opened a winehouse where Wên-chün herself served behind the counter. When her father heard of this, for the sake of the family's good name, he gave them enough money to live on so that they would not have to resort to such a trade. 1971, Yin C. Liu, Tao Tao Sanders, “Chapter 10: Chinese Literature”, in David Marshall Lang, editor, A Guide to Eastern Literatures, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, →ISBN, page 307:
3. (historical) A communal feasting hall where the lord and his retainers gathered for drinking, gift-giving, storytelling, celebration, etc.
   • The wine house and the guest house were hung with curtains shining bright against the wooden walls. 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 32:

Forms

Coordinates

brewhouse · beerhouse · brewery · stillhouse · distillery · alehouse

Synonyms

mead house · winery · winehall · mead hall