| 单词 | footing ale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfooting ale footing ale n. (a) alcoholic drink or money for this given as a footing (sense 10) (now chiefly historical); †(b) Scottish alcoholic drink or some other gift given to the parents of a child who has recently taken his or her first steps (obsolete). ΚΠ 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 75 Footing-ale, liquor or money given by a person on entering a new employment. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Fittin-ale, an entertainment given by parents, when they have a child that taks the fit or foot, i.e. begins to walk. 1870 Temperance Rec. 1 Jan. 9/2 What, no footing ale? it won't do, that. 1920 C. R. Fay Life & Labour in 19th Cent. xv. 190 The day a man entered the pit's company, he paid 1s. for footing ale. 1992 L. Dunkling Guinness Drinking Compan. 104/2 Any stranger in a rural community might also be asked to stand his footing ale. Some parents had a footing ale when their child took its first steps. < as lemmas |
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