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cockale

cockale noun: ale mixed with chicken broth, sweet spices, and dried fruits.

Noun

cockale (plural cockales)

  1. Ale mixed with chicken broth, sweet spices, and dried fruits.
    • That he was asleep a-bed by Ten a Clock: Lov'd Hunting as much as he hated Swearing; and preferid Cock-Ale, before any Wine.1714, Abel Boyer, Memoirs of the Life and Negotiations of Sir W. Temple, Bar, page 100
    • There are also several sorts of compounded ales, as cock-ale, wormwood-ale, scurvygrass-ale, lemon-ale, college-ale, & c. These are to be had at Hercules Pillars, near the Temple; at the Trumpet, and other houses in Sheer Lane, Bell Alley, and, as I remember, at the English Tavern, near Charing...1829, The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature, Fine Arts, Etc., page 31

Forms of cockale

pluralcockales
alternative formcock-ale

Origin of cockale

From cock + ale.

Questions about cockale

What does cockale mean?
Cockale means ale mixed with chicken broth, sweet spices, and dried fruits.
What part of speech is cockale?
Cockale is a noun.
What is the plural of cockale?
The plural of cockale is cockales.

Words near cockale in the dictionary

  1. cockahoop
  2. Cockaigne
  3. cockal
  4. cockalane
  5. cockalanes
  6. cockale
  7. cockaleekie
  8. cockales
  9. cockalorum
  10. cockalorums
  11. cockals

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