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carafe|kəˈrɑːf, -æ-|
Also caraff, -affe.
[a. F. carafe = It. caraffa (Neapol. carrafa a measure of liquids), Sp. and Pg. garrafa, Sicil. carrabba. According to Littré identified by Mohl with Pers. qarābah ‘a large flagon’ (see carboy); but Dozy refers it to Arabic gharafa to draw or lift water: cf. the derivatives ghuruf little cup, ghirāf a great and full measure of dry things, gharrāf having much water, ghirāfah a draught, etc., no one of which however exactly answers to the Romanic forms.]
A glass water-bottle for the table, bedroom, etc. Also, one used at table, etc., for wine; attrib., designating an ordinary wine served in a carafe.
The word has long been in common use in Scotl.; in England it is of later appearance, and often treated as still French. Also vulgarly corrupted to craft, croft.
1786Lounger (1787) II. 178 Called for a..caraff of water. 1845Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. Nov., Caraffes, with the tumblers..placed over them. 1851Art Jrnl. Catal. Exhib. 91 A Water-caraft and Tumbler. 1860Ramsay Remin. Ser. i. (ed. 7) 260 [With old-fashioned Scotch people] the crystal jug or decanter in which water is placed upon the table was a caraff (Fr. carafe). 1861Trafford City & Sub. I. 28 On the table stood a croft of water, surmounted by a tumbler. 1868M. E. Braddon Run to Earth I. xi. 277 A claret jug, a large carafe of water, and an empty glass. 1939E. Ambler Mask of Dimitrios xiii. 274 The carafe burgundy which his host had recommended so warmly at dinner. 1950J. Cannan Murder Included iii. 58 A carafe of white wine, biscuits, butter and cheese. 1957R. Postgate Good Food Guide 1957–58 263 A small carafe of white wine. 1959Ibid. 1959–60 260 Carafe wines, white and red. 1962Punch 26 Dec. p. x, The ‘Tent’..serves simple English dishes and carafe wines for the hurried or the hard-up. 1966Guardian 15 Dec. 6/6 An admirable carafe Sancerre.
▸ orig. and chiefly N. Amer. An insulated jug for serving beverages, esp. coffee; (hence, also) such a jug which is an integral part of a coffee-making apparatus.
1911N.Y. Times 30 Nov. 7 (advt.) Vacuum carafes, $5. 1952N.Y. Times 5 Nov. 22/6 Here there were pyramids of coffee cups, dozens of coffee carafes, and a large store of highball glasses. 1978Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Nov. 1 They mention that the drinks are strong and the coffee weak—besides being served in smaller carafes. 1989Grattan Direct Catal. Spring–Summer 634/1 Attractive black and chrome-plated cafetiere to help you make your coffee and tea in style. Steel frame, plastic handle and glass carafe—capacity one litre. 2003N. Baker Box of Matches iv. 17 Then you rinse out the filter basket and the carafe. |