clarré
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
See claret.
Noun edit
clarré
- wine with honey and spices
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Merchant's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1807-1808:
- He drinketh ipocras, clarree, and vernage
Of spyces hote, tencresen his corage; [...]- He drinks mulled wine, claret, and strong white wine
With hot spices to increase his desire; [...]
- He drinks mulled wine, claret, and strong white wine
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Merchant's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1807-1808:
References edit
- “clarré”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.