Vintage
['vɪntɪdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) the oldness of wines.
(noun.) a season's yield of wine from a vineyard.
Typed by Carlyle--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840.
(n.) The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making the wine for a season.
Inputed by Antonia
Definition
n. the gathering of grapes: the yearly produce of grapes: the time of grape-gathering: wine.—n. Vin′tāger.
Editor: Melinda
Examples
- We travelled at the time of the vintage, and heard the song of the labourers, as we glided down the stream. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Only once a year, at the vintage feaSt Oh, we follow old customs closely here, and I hope to show you a veritable Dionysiade before you leave us. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Its appearance and the dust upon the bottle showed that it was no common vintage which the murderers had enjoyed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was vintage time in the valleys on the Swiss side of the Pass of the Great Saint Bernard, and along the banks of the Lake of Geneva. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Many cities of the east were left vacant, and in several districts of Italy the harvest and the vintage withered on the ground. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Wait till you see our harvest—our vintage—then you will see Mother Demeter in her glory. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The first day we have the vintage festival, the second our plays, and on the third there are Olympian games. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The curates, meantime, sat and sipped their wine, a liquor of unpretending vintage, moderately enjoyed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Pierce