tavern

name

1. New Inn Hall, Oxford, one of the earliest medieval halls of the University of Oxford.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English taverne, from Old French taverne (“wine shop”), from Latin taberna (“inn”). Doublet of taberna and taverna.

1. A restaurant or bar.
2. A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and offering sleeping accommodations for travelers.

   “I maruell I heare no nevves of Dromio, either hee ſlackes the matter, or betrayes his maiſter, I dare not motion anie thing to Stellio, till I knovve vvhat my boy hath don; Ile hunt him out, if the loiterſacke be gone ſpringing into a tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out.”

   “Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky / I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, / "Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup / Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry."”