vendemmian.
The Italian grape-harvest or vintage. Cf. vendange n., vendimia n.
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vendonging1340
vendage1377
vintage1540
grape-harvest1574
grape-gathering1580
vindemiation1609
racemation1623
vint1639
vindemiating1728
vendange1766
vendemmia1826
vintaging1834
graping1854
grape-picking1897
vendimia1965
1826 M. Kelly Reminisc. I. 179 I..was delighted by the appearance of the elegant villas.., belonging to noble Venetians, who, during the theatrical season, pass their vendemmias there.
1871 C. M. Yonge Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe iii. 21 Ah, ah! 'tis the vendemmia! all may eat grapes.
1926 D. H. Lawrence Let. 17 Oct. (1962) II. 942 The peasants finished the vendemmia two days after we got here—but the wine is still to be made.
1978 J. Pearson Façades xxviii. 473 The vineyards had yielded a record crop in the vendemmia that year.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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