hostry
/ˈhəʊstɹi/
hostry noun: a hostelry.
Noun
hostry (plural hostries)
- A hostelry.
- And wrapped hym in ſwadlynge cloothes / and layed hym in a manger / be cauſe there was no roume for them with in / in the hoſtrey.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke ij:[7], folio lxxiiij, verso
- I ſeeing that, tooke him by the legge, and neuer reſted pulling, till I had pull’d me his legge quite off, and now tis at home in mine hoſtrey.1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Mar[lowe], The Tragicall Historie of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. […], London: […] Iohn Wright, […], published 1616 (1631 reprint), →OCLC, page [54]
- A stable for horses.
- An Hoſtry now for Waggons;1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 112
Forms of hostry
| plural | hostries |
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Origin of hostry
From Old French hosterie, from hoste (“host”). Doublet of osteria.
Questions about hostry
- What does hostry mean?
- Hostry means a hostelry.
- What part of speech is hostry?
- Hostry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hostry?
- Hostry is pronounced /ˈhəʊstɹi/.
- What is the plural of hostry?
- The plural of hostry is hostries.
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