meadery
English
WOTD – 28 September 2012, 28 September 2013, 28 September 2014
Etymology
From mead + -ery. Cognate with Dutch mederij (“meadery”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmidəɹi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmiːdəɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
meadery (plural meaderies)
- A place where mead is made.
- 2008, Patricia Monaghan, Wineries of Wisconsin and Minnesota[1], Minnesota Historical Society Press, →ISBN, page 177:
- People used to come to the Upper Midwest's only dedicated meadery and say, "Huh?" Or perhaps something like, "Oh, yeah, mead, isn't that what Beowulf drank?"
Quotations
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:meadery.
Translations
place where mead is made
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