= ale vat n.

A vessel for holding liquid; in Old English a jar, pitcher; in Middle English ? a brewing-vat. Obsolete.

Brewing. bruthen-lead n. = brewing-lead n. at brewing, n. compounds, vessel for brewing in.

A tub used for brewing, kneading, salting meat, and other household purposes.

A vessel for brewing; a tub, vat.

The vat in which the wort is left to ferment.

a fermenting-vat.

a leaden vessel used in brewing.

(combe, comb.) A brewing tub or vat. Obsolete.

= gyle-fat, n.

a vessel for brewing in.

†(a) a large vessel used for fermentation (cf. lead, n.1 5a) (obsolete); (b) Metallurgy lead as it comes from the smelting furnace, containing…

A large pot, cauldron, or kettle; a large open vessel used in brewing and various other operations. (Originally, one made of lead, but early used…

A brewing-vat (also boiling-kier, brewing-kier, gyle-kier, gyling-kier). Obsolete.

A vessel used in brewing.

a vat in which ale is brewed.

a vat used for fermentation.

Brewing. A mashing-vat (mash-tun) or fermenting-vat (gyle-tun).

Something broad and shallow. (See quots.)

Brewing. Originally (more fully cleansing round): a large cask in which beer is purified and the fermentation process finished (now chiefly historical…

A large shallow vessel or tub, used in brewing, dyeing, etc.

A ‘gyle-tun’.

= sense 1c. See also tun-bellied, adj., etc.; also tun tight (ton tight) s.v. tight, adj. 13.

a square fermenting-tank made of stone.