gillhouse
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]gillhouse (plural gillhouses)
- (obsolete or historical) A shop where gill (the drink) is sold.
- 1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the Third”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
- Thee shall each alehouse, thee each gillhouse mourn.
References
[edit]- “gillhouse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.