alehouse Definition
ale·house (āl′ho̵us′)
noun
a place where ale is sold and served; saloon; tavern
alehouse Usage Examples
Converse of object
- keep: When not on ceremonial duty, many of the Oxford Waits kept alehouses which were great centers for popular music-making.
- become: Dating back to the 1700s, The Joiners Arms began life as a cottage, later becoming an alehouse.
- close: Worsley was extremely zealous in persecuting Royalists, closing alehouses and working to promote a godly reformation in his region.
Adjective modifier
- old: Stirling's Oldest Alehouse dating back to the 1600s situated just down from the Castle.
- small: As it turned out Matlock Bath's loss was Matlock's gain and the small alehouse profited at the expense of the grand hotel.
- large: By the mid-18th century larger alehouses were becoming common, while inns beside the major highways grew in grandeur in this coaching era.
Modifies a noun
keeper: One single man, a poor alehouse keeper, seemed disgusted, spoke a harmless word, and ran away with all speed.
Noun used with modifier
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