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ˈwine-ˌcellar
Also 6 erron. windseller.
[f. wine n.1 + cellar n. Cf. MLG. wînkelder, MHG. wînkeller, ON. vínkjallari.]
a. A cellar used for storing wine. Also fig.
1371Close Roll 45 Edw. III m. 4 dorso (P.R.O.) Vnam magnam Cameram vocatam la Whit Chambre cum vno celario sub dicta camera vocata le Wyn celer. 1375Barbour Bruce v. 399 All the vittale, outakin salt,..In the vyne⁓sellar gert he bryng. 14..Pallad. on Husb. (Bodl. MS.) lf. 1, Cisterne celar for oyles, wyne celar, and columbary. 1538Elyot, Canabus, a wyne sellar. 1577Googe tr. Heresbach's Husb. 11 b, I wyll shewe you..Pipes, Tonnels,..when you come to the Brewhouse, and Windseller. 1647T. Calvert Heart Salve To Rdr., The soule..is led into the Winecellar of Gods promises. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. IV. 189 The council's wine-cellar is so spacious, that a coach and six may turn about in it. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1303 Wine-cellars ought to be dry at bottom.
b. The wine stored in a wine-cellar, esp. with reference to its quality.
1861Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. 963 Nothing spreads more rapidly in society than the reputation of a good wine-cellar. 1976J. Archer Not a Penny More viii. 87 James arrived carrying a bottle of Beaune Montée Rouge 1971—even his wine cellar was fast disappearing. 1976P. G. Winslow Witch Hill Murder (1977) ii. 30 Her cook, her wine cellar and the service at her table were not to be matched. |