hostelry
/ˈhɒst(ə)lri
/noun (plural hostelries) archaic or humorous
An inn or pub.Being born in a pub, and not unknown to frequent his local hostelry for a shandy or two, Pembrokeshire author Keith Johnson is eminently qualified to be the author of his latest volume on county watering-holes....
- The Prince of Wales came to the rescue of village life yesterday when he called in for a pint and a whisky chaser at a hostelry in the Yorkshire Dales.
- Local hostelries offering liquid and solid refreshment include the Inverkip Hotel and Village Inn in Inverkip; and the Wemyss Bay Hotel, Wemyss Bay.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French hostelerie from hostelier 'innkeeper', from hostel (see hostel).
- well-humored
- well-humoured
- well hung
- well-husbanded
- well, I declare
- wellie
- well I'll be (or I'm) damned
- well, I'll be (or I'm) jiggered
- head someone/thing off
- headspace
- head spade
- Head's paradoxical reflex
- head-spinning
- head-splitting
- headspring
- headsquare
- Head's reflex
- headstall
- headstand
- headstander
- head start
- head station
- headstay
- headstick
- headstock