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alehouse

[ eyl-hous ]

/ ˈeɪlˌhaʊs /

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noun, plural ale·hous·es [eyl-hou-ziz] /ˈeɪlˌhaʊ zɪz/.

a tavern where ale or beer is sold; bar; pub.

Origin of alehouse

before 1000; Middle English, Old English. See ale, house

Words nearby alehouse

alecto, alectryomancy, alee, alegar, alegrete, alehouse, aleichem, aleichem shalom, aleixandre, alekhine, aleksandra fyodorovna

Example sentences from the Web for alehouse

We had an alehouse boy, who attended always in the house to supply the workmen.

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 |Various
To fiddle to a few villagers, and dash colour on an alehouse shutter!

Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida |Ouida
The name of the maid of the inn is given as Cicely Hacket, and the alehouse is described in the stage direction as ‘on a heath.’

A Life of William Shakespeare |Sidney Lee
I stopped at the alehouse to bait my horse; and, for want of bacon, was compelled to put up with bread and cheese for myself.

Rural Rides |William Cobbett

He kept an alehouse at Delft, but it did not pay; then he set up a tavern and things went worse.

Holland, v. 1 (of 2) |Edmondo de Amicis

British Dictionary definitions for alehouse

alehouse

/ (ˈeɪlˌhaʊs) /

noun

archaic a place where ale was sold; tavern

informal another name for pub