alehouse
pronunciation
How to pronounce alehouse in British English:
UK [ˈeɪlhaʊs]
How to pronounce alehouse in American English:
US [ˈelˌhaʊs]
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- Noun:
- a tavern where ale is sold
Word Origin
- alehouse (n.)
- also ale-house, Old English eala-huse; see ale + house (n.). An alehouse "is distinguished from a tavern, where they sell wine" [Johnson].
Example
- 1. The alehouse became a problem of widespread concern in the 16 ~ th and 17 ~ th century england .
- 2. In settling on island , the first building erected by a spaniard will be a church ; by a frenchman , a fort ; by a dutchman , a warehouse ; and by an englishman , an alehouse .
- 3. Bruce stephen honored my maternal grandfather , benjamin " bucky " samuel alehouse , who had died three years before my birth .