gillhouse

English

Etymology

From gill +‎ house.

Noun

gillhouse (plural gillhouses)

(obsolete or historical) A shop where gill (the drink) is sold.
- 1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the Third”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
  Thee shall each alehouse, thee each gillhouse mourn.

References

“gillhouse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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