noun
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a hothouse for growing grapes
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another name for a vineyard
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vines collectively
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Etymology
Origin of vinery
1375–1425; vine + -ery, replacing late Middle English vinary < Medieval Latin vīnārium, noun use of neuter of Latin vīnārius of wine; see -ary
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She said it had been used as a vinery before being abandoned, but that a Heritage Lottery Fund grant had seen it and the surrounding walled kitchen gardens "restored to their halcyon days".
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2012
“He went up that vinery just like a monkey.”
From Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel by Frank Dadd
In the vinery and peach-house, attend to the keeping down of insects by syringing; and promote the growth of the young shoots, by damping the walls and paths morning and evening.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
In those days a well-served chapel was something like a good vinery in our own,—an opportunity for display and the source of mild enjoyments.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Peter had never seen a monkey go up the roof of a vinery, but Dan’l did not notice that.
From Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel by Frank Dadd
Traditionalists claim that the frenzy over these wines, which are sold through a mailing list, is unjustified, and that comparing the product of tiny new vineyards to that of historic vineries is folly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Understands the vineries very well though," Lord Fallowfeild was saying; "and doesn't grow bad peaches, not at all bad peaches, but is stupid about flowers.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet
Pits, frames, vineries, and Peach-houses will bring the fruit to perfection, either in pots or planted out.
From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons
Supplies may be kept up through the winter by sowing in shallow boxes, which can be put into vineries, forcing pits, and other odd places.
From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons
In vineries one of the best ways of destroying these creatures is to paint the hot water pipes with one part of fresh lime and two parts of flowers of sulphur mixed into a paint.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 by Various
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