beerhouse

American  

[beer-hous] / ˈbɪərˌhaʊs /

noun

British.

beerhouses plural

1. an establishment licensed to serve only liquors fermented from malt, as beer, ale, or the like.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• beerhouses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of beerhouse

First recorded in 1485–95; beer + house

Example Sentences

Cervejaria means beerhouse, and while you can still grab a cold Sagres at Ramiro, these days it’s all about the seafood.

From The Guardian • Dec. 24, 2016

It stands at the corner of the street which is opposite the Steam Packet beerhouse.

From London River by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

If one of them lets out strange facts in his cups, it signifies nothing: no one takes any heed of a labourer’s beerhouse talk.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard

If one stands over him—well and good; if not, then all that Master Rudolf cares for is how soon he may get back to his beerhouse.

From Captain Jim by Bruce, Mary Grant

The high road ascended in a curve past a few houses and a beerhouse or so, and round until all the valley in which four industrial towns lay crowded and confluent was overlooked.

From In the Days of the Comet by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)