ale-house

See also: alehouse

English

Noun

ale-house (plural ale-houses)

1. Alternative spelling of alehouse
   • 1819, William Hazlitt, “A Letter to William Gifford, Esq.”, in A. R. Waller, Arnold Glover, editors, The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, volume 1, London: J. M. Dent & Co., published 1902, page 368:

     […] like a conceited mechanic in a village ale-house, you would set down every one who differs from you as an ignorant blockhead; and very fairly infer that any one who is beneath yourself must be nothing.

Middle English

Noun

ale-house

1. Alternative form of alehous

References

• “ale-house”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.