Gose

or go·se

[ goh-zuh, -suh ]

noun

1. a sour wheat beer with a distinctive salty taste also typically characterized by coriander flavor and aroma.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gose¹

First recorded in 1990–95; from German, from Goslar, a town in Lower Saxony where the beer originated

Example Sentences

Gose is athousand-year-old style of German malted wheat beer brewed with coriander and salt.

From The Daily Beast

Dr. Gose was not yet four years of age when his parents crossed the plains, so that he was reared upon the western frontier.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Gose belongs to the Congregational church, in the work of which she takes an active and helpful part.

From Project Gutenberg

Strī′gate, Strī′gose, having strig: streaked; Strig′ilose, minutely strigose.

From Project Gutenberg

Me play gose, sahib, but not to scare de good white mans—only de baud white mans.

From Project Gutenberg

By thys tale ye may se that the olde prouerbe ys trew, that it is as great pyte to se a woman wepe as a gose to go barefote.

From Project Gutenberg