单词 | alebush |
释义 | alebushn. Now historical. A bunch of ivy or other plant hung up as a tavern sign; = bush n.1 5a.In quot. 1608 (by metonymy): a tavern; = bush n.1 5b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > tavern sign lion?a1366 ale stake1396 ivy14.. sunc1400 tokenc1440 eagle1449 chequerc1460 wisp?1507 Saracen's head1510 ale-pole1523 bush1532 wine garland1533 ivy-garland1553 tavern-bush1553 lattice1575 ivy-bush1576 alebush1599 red lattice1604 elephanta1616 sagittarya1616 grate1622 wine-bush1638 popinjay1687 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I3 I might haue had a Pumpe set vp, with as good March Beere as this was, & nere set vp an Ale bush for the matter. 1608 T. Dekker Belman of London (new ed.) sig. C4 Order [was] giuen, at what following Faires to shake hands, and what Ale-bush to tipple. 1861 Duffy's Hibernian Mag. July 34/2 The ale-bush was, however, much more common than the stake, and was often composed of ivy. 1902 J. H. Yoxall Rommany Stone x. 101 Copernicus grinned amorously at the ruddy stout damsel who stood..under the ale-bush in the latticed porch. 2010 B. R. Vantrease Heretic's Wife xi. 104 Ye'll know it by the alebush hanging by the door. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1599 |
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