winehallとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

winehall (plural winehalls)

1. A winehouse (communal feasting hall where the lord and his retainers gathered for drinking, gift-giving, storytelling, celebration, etc.).

   Synonyms: mead hall, mead house

   • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 32:

     I have never heard tell of so many tribes as came to the winehall that night! I never saw so many great chieftains surrounded by so many brave warriors!