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alebench

alebench noun: a bench at the front of an alehouse or inn where drinkers can sit.

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: […]...
    • This man is for any company, and for any talk: as he talketh now with you, so will he talk when he is on the alebench ; and the more drink he hath in his crown, the more of these things he hath in his mouth.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC

Forms of alebench

pluralalebenches
alternative formale bench
alternative formale-bench

Origin of alebench

From ale + bench.

Questions about alebench

What does alebench mean?
Alebench means a bench at the front of an alehouse or inn where drinkers can sit.
What part of speech is alebench?
Alebench is a noun.
What is the plural of alebench?
The plural of alebench is alebenches.

Words near alebench in the dictionary

  1. aleatoricism
  2. aleatoricist
  3. aleatoricists
  4. aleatorily
  5. aleatory
  6. alebench
  7. alebenches
  8. aleberries
  9. aleberry
  10. Alebion
  11. alebrije

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