winetrough

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

winetrough

/ˈwaɪnˌtɹɒf/ UK
/ˈwaɪnˌtɹɔf/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English *wynetrough, *wyntrogh, from Old English wīntrog (“winepress”), equivalent to wine + trough.

noun winetroughs · wine trough

Winepress. When a man went to a heap of eight bushels of grain, there would be only four; if he went to draw off fifty barrels from the winetrough, there would be no more than twenty.

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"winetrough." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/winetrough. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

winetrough. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/winetrough

Chicago

"winetrough." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/winetrough.

BibTeX

@misc{winetrough_2026,
  title = {winetrough},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/winetrough},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}