grapery

American  

[grey-puh-ree] / ˈgreɪ pə ri /

noun

plural

graperies

1. a building where grapes are grown.

2. a vineyard.

---

Etymology

Origin of grapery

First recorded in 1805–15; grape + -ery

Example Sentences

After this had been done, we were asked if the wall could not be devoted to some useful purpose, and it was determined to build a lean-to grapery against it.

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

Towards the end of the season, all parts of the plant become harder in texture and the grapery may then be more generously aired.

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

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 Woodward, George E. (George Evertson)

Our next example is a lean-to grapery for early forcing.

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

Our next illustration is of a green-house and grapery combined, seventy feet in length by twenty feet wide.

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