beerhouse

American  

[beer-hous] / ˈbɪərˌhaʊs /

noun

British.

plural

beerhouses

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

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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

Near the church, and occupying good relative positions on each side of a beerhouse, called “The Rising Sun,” are All Saints' schools.

From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus

At the moment we were immediately between an unpleasantly crowded tram and a fourth-rate beerhouse.

From Berry And Co. by Yates, Dornford

The first applicant, after I entered the room, was a man apparently under forty years of age, a beerhouse keeper, who had been comparatively well off until lately.

From Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine by Waugh, Edwin

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