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cuve

American  
[kyv] / küv /

noun

French.

plural

cuves
  1. a wine vat.


Example Sentences

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There was always some kind of liquid on the flow, from the press to a cuve, or the removal of residue to the waste tank.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2016

If not fermented in the cuve, the wine is white.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

If it be fermented in the cuve, the coloring matter which resides in the skin, is imparted to the wine.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson