alehouse

[ eyl-hous ]

noun

, plural ale·hous·es [eyl, -hou-ziz].

1. a tavern where ale or beer is sold; bar; pub.

alehouse

/ ˈeɪlˌhaʊs /

noun

1. archaic.
   a place where ale was sold; tavern
2. informal.
   another name for pub

Word History and Origins

Origin of alehouse¹

before 1000; Middle English, Old English. See ale, house

Example Sentences

They quickly agree to desert and trudge across the titular field to an alleged alehouse.

From The Daily Beast

After that Wilson spent his days in the alehouse, until he got delirium, and died half starved at the age of seventy.

From Project Gutenberg

Her father, who was not in the best circumstances, did not show me much attention, and I was obliged to lodge at an alehouse.

From Project Gutenberg

There are two public houses open to the poorer citizens—the Alehouse and the Workhouse.

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For if the rich have by their laws made a mess of the alehouse, what about the other public-house—the workhouse?

From Project Gutenberg

Having no objection to this, we left the house together, and were soon comfortably seated in the warm corner of an alehouse.

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Related Words

• bar
• hotel
• inn
• lodge
• lounge
• pub
• saloon
• watering hole