grapery

American  

[grey-puh-ree] / ˈgreɪ pə ri /

noun

• graperies
  plural

1. a building where grapes are grown.

2. a vineyard.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• graperies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of grapery

First recorded in 1805–15; grape + -ery

Example Sentences

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grapery graperies

On account of the exposure of the span-roof house on all sides, however, rather more skill must be exercised in growing grapes in them than in the better protected lean-to grapery.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

I looked fine, wore my grey grapery with my drapery, and spread myself out as much as possible.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Maud Howe Elliott

He paced the lawn, he lingered by the gate; he took a turn about the grapery, now used for profit by the thrifty farmer who had charge of the place.

From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Mildew is usually brought on by a sudden change of temperature or by draughts in the grapery.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

At the sides of B. are beds for propagating plants, forcing vegetables, &c., furnished with bottom heat from brick tanks which extend entirely around the house and heat the grapery part as well.

From Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings by George E. (George Evertson) Woodward

It is a most delightful rural retreat, surrounded by hothouses, graperies, flower-plats, broad gravelled walks, and trees in great variety.

From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou

Occasionally trees may be grown with other plants, as in cold graperies, but the results are not the best and often come very close to failure.

From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by F. A. Waugh

For span-roofed Green-houses the rule is not so arbitrary, the glass not being lined with foliage, as in the case of graperies, the diffusion of light would not be materially obstructed.

From Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings by George E. (George Evertson) Woodward

Some of our numerous designs for graperies, both of the curvilinear and straight roofed form, would, with slight alteration in adding to the means of ventilation, be well adapted to this purpose.

From Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings by George E. (George Evertson) Woodward

She drew upon her accumulation of money that had thriven long in a private bank, and expended it in laying out new lawns, planting new trees, building new stables, erecting tasteful graperies and kiosks.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 by Various