alehouse

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *aluþhūsą Old English ealuhūs Middle English alehous English alehouse From Middle English alehous, alehuse from Old English ealuhūs. By surface analysis, ale + house.

1. A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold.

   “Find him in a pulpit but twiſe in the yeare, And Ile find him fortie times in the ale-houſe taſting ſtrong beare.”

   “But go to—carry thy roisterers elsewhere—to the alehouse if they list, and there are crowns to pay your charges—make out the day’s madness without doing more mischief, and be wise men to-morrow—and hereafter learn to serve a good cause better than by acting like ruffians.”