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ale-bench

ale-bench is the alternative form of alebench.

Meaning of alebench

Noun

alebench (plural alebenches)

  1. (historical) A bench at the front of an alehouse or inn where drinkers can sit.
    • VVhen the vulgar ſort / Sit on their Ale-bench, vvith their cups and kannes, / Matters of ſtate be not their common talke, / Nor pure religion by their lips prophande.1600, [Michael Drayton, Richard Hathwaye, Anthony Munday, Robert Wilson], The First Part of the True and Honorable Historie, of the Life of Sir John Old-castle, the Good Lord Cobham. […], London: […]...

Forms of ale-bench

pluralale-benches

Questions about ale-bench

What is ale-bench the alternative form of?
Ale-bench is the alternative form of alebench.

Words near ale-bench in the dictionary

  1. ale post
  2. ale posts
  3. ale silver
  4. ale stake
  5. ale stakes
  6. ale-bench
  7. ale-benches
  8. ale-blown
  9. ale-bush
  10. ale-bushes
  11. ale-conner

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