wine-house

Noun

winehouse (plural winehouses)

1. The building on a vineyard in which the winepress is located.
   • Near-synonym: winery

   Synonyms:

   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...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

   Synonyms:

   mead hall, mead house, winehall

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