wineskin

[ wahyn-skin ]

/ ˈwaɪnˌskɪn /

noun

a bag, usually of goatskin, for carrying wine and having a spigot from which one drinks.

Also called wine bag.

Origin of wineskin

First recorded in 1815–25; wine + skin

Words nearby wineskin

wine press, winery, Winesap, Winesburg, Ohio, wineshop, wineskin, wine steward, winetaster, winetasting, winey, Winfield

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Example sentences from the Web for wineskin

I am a wineskin squeezed dry; I am empty of all words and all passions; I am done!
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey
The man-at-arms had dropped his wineskin in surprise and was staring at what was happening to his comrade.
The Barbarians|John Sentry
"He went round with the wineskin, and filled our cups just as we sat down to breakfast," one of the men said.
A Jacobite Exile|G. A. Henty
Thus, in the course of two days, he had turned this wineskin of a Tabary inside out.
Familiar Studies of Men and Books|Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for wineskin

wineskin

/ (ˈwaɪnˌskɪn) /

noun

the skin of a sheep or goat sewn up and used as a holder for wine

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单词	wineskin
释义	wineskin [ wahyn-skin ] / ˈwaɪnˌskɪn / noun a bag, usually of goatskin, for carrying wine and having a spigot from which one drinks. Also called wine bag. Origin of wineskin First recorded in 1815–25; wine + skin Words nearby wineskin wine press, winery, Winesap, Winesburg, Ohio, wineshop, wineskin, wine steward, winetaster, winetasting, winey, Winfield Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wineskin I am a wineskin squeezed dry; I am empty of all words and all passions; I am done! The Wolf Cub\|Patrick Casey The man-at-arms had dropped his wineskin in surprise and was staring at what was happening to his comrade. The Barbarians\|John Sentry "He went round with the wineskin, and filled our cups just as we sat down to breakfast," one of the men said. A Jacobite Exile\|G. A. Henty Thus, in the course of two days, he had turned this wineskin of a Tabary inside out. Familiar Studies of Men and Books\|Robert Louis Stevenson British Dictionary definitions for wineskin wineskin / (ˈwaɪnˌskɪn) / noun the skin of a sheep or goat sewn up and used as a holder for wine Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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