vinery

[ vahy-nuh-ree ]

noun,plural vin·er·ies.
  1. a place or enclosure in which vines, especially grapevines, are grown.

  2. vines collectively.

Origin of vinery

1
1375–1425; vine + -ery, replacing late Middle English vinary<Medieval Latin vīnārium, noun use of neuter of Latin vīnārius of wine; see -ary

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How to use vinery in a sentence

  • She passed on to the vinery, where sitting down under the interlaced green she became still more abstracted.

    The False Chevalier | William Douw Lighthall
  • Cyrène passed down her favourite oleander path at sunset to the great vinery in the Noailles garden.

    The False Chevalier | William Douw Lighthall
  • Her mother was inaccessibly entrenched in a brown study; her father contemplating fate in the vinery.

  • If there is not sufficient room for all, the oldest or mis-shapen plants may be rejected, or wintered in a pit or vinery.

  • A fermenting body in a forcing vinery is an excellent plunging medium for such of these as are wanted very early.

British Dictionary definitions for vinery

vinery

/ (ˈvaɪnərɪ) /


nounplural -eries
  1. a hothouse for growing grapes

  2. another name for a vineyard

  1. vines collectively

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