vinery

[ vahy-nuh-ree ]

noun

, plural vin·er·ies.

1. a place or enclosure in which vines, especially grapevines, are grown.
2. vines collectively.

vinery

/ ˈvaɪnərɪ /

noun

1. a hothouse for growing grapes
2. See vineyard
   another name for a vineyard
3. vines collectively

Word History and Origins

Origin of vinery¹

1375–1425; vine + -ery, replacing late Middle English vinary < Medieval Latin vīnārium, noun use of neuter of Latin vīnārius of wine; -ary

Example Sentences

She passed on to the vinery, where sitting down under the interlaced green she became still more abstracted.

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Cyrène passed down her favourite oleander path at sunset to the great vinery in the Noailles garden.

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Her mother was inaccessibly entrenched in a brown study; her father contemplating fate in the vinery.

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If there is not sufficient room for all, the oldest or mis-shapen plants may be rejected, or wintered in a pit or vinery.

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A fermenting body in a forcing vinery is an excellent plunging medium for such of these as are wanted very early.

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