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单词 alebench
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alebenchn.

Brit. /ˈeɪlbɛn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˈeɪlˌbɛn(t)ʃ/
Forms: see ale n. and bench n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ale n., bench n.
Etymology: < ale n. + bench n. Compare Old Icelandic ǫlbekkr, Old Swedish ölbänker.
Now historical.
A bench in or in front of an alehouse; a bench in a place where ale is served.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > beer- or ale-house > beer bar or bench
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OE Beowulf (2008) 1029 Ne gefrægn ic freondlicor feower madmas..gummanna fela in ealobence oðrum gesellan.
a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 1959 Whanne men [sitteþ] in hare hayt vp hare ale-benche.
1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies (1640) i. xii. i. 89 Which upon the Ale-benches or other places, delight to set forth certaine questions.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Aiii An other sorte sytteth vpon theire allebencheis..amonge theire cuppes.
1644 F. Quarles Whipper Whipt 30 A pack of Alebench Whistlers.
1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 134 So will he talk when he is on the Ale-bench . View more context for this quotation
1715 Secret Hist. of Secret Hist. White Staff 22 The Conceptions of silly Mercenaries, drawn from what they pick'd up..from the..learned Ale-Bench Discourse of this City.
1798 S. Brunskill Def. Methodism 22 Others are assembled round the ale-bench, drinking till they are intoxicated.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 429 Wild rumours..flew without ceasing from coffeehouse to coffeehouse and from alebench to alebench.
1868 All Year Round 19 Sept. 343/1 We can fancy the artful rascal..sitting at the ale bench outside the Peal of Bells.
1918 H. A. Evans Highways & Byways in Northamptonshire & Rutland xi. 245 The early morning visit of the famous Cavalier and his gallant troopers must long have been the talk of the village ale-bench.
1991 Past & Present Aug. 52 Other sinners were no easier to suppress than the goodfellows of the alebench.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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