tirage

American  

[tee-razh] / tiˈraʒ /

noun

French.

plural

tirages

1. the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.

2. a drawing, as in a lottery.

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tirage British  

/ tɪˈrɑʒ /

noun

1. the drawing of wine from a barrel prior to bottling

2. the process in the making of a sparkling wine in which fermentable sugar and yeast is added to induce secondary fermentation

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Etymology

Origin of tirage

from French: drawing, pulling

Example Sentences

Upwards of 200 workpeople are employed in the salle de tirage at Messrs. Moët and Chandon’s, which, while the operation of bottling is going on, presents a scene of bewildering activity.

From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Vizetelly, Henry

I start a little experiment in tirage de jambe, and you put your heavy hoof in and spoil the whole business.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920 by Various

The tirage or bottling of the wine ordinarily commences in the middle of May, and occupies fully a month.

From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Vizetelly, Henry

Off′-print, a reprint of a single article from a magazine or other periodical—the French tirage � part, German Abdruck; Off′-reck′oning, an allowance formerly made to certain British officers from the money appropriated for army clothing.—v.t.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Follow three unnumbered sheets, on the first page of which is the Justification du tirage, with the date of printing and the printer’s name, Durand of Chartres.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers