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noun
- 1. a public house licensed to sell beer but not spirits. historical British
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A beerhouse was a type of public house created in the United Kingdom by the Beerhouse Act 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 64), legally defined as a place "where beer is sold to be consumed on the premises". [1]
Beerhouse definition: an establishment licensed to serve only liquors fermented from malt, as beer, ale, or the like.. See examples of BEERHOUSE used in a sentence.
The meaning of BEERHOUSE is a public house licensed to sell only malt liquors.
A building or business at which beer is brewed, sold, or consumed; (formerly sometimes) spec. a drinking establishment selling beer, as opposed to wine and spirits; (now usually) a bar or similar business specializing in beer.
Define Beerhouse. Beerhouse synonyms, Beerhouse pronunciation, Beerhouse translation, English dictionary definition of Beerhouse. n. 1. A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.
A beerhouse, on the other hand, under the 1830 Beer Act was only licensed to sell beer, and not wine or spirits. Indeed, the word pub probably only came into common usage in the mid-1800s; it was recorded in the first volume of the OED Dictionary of Slang produced in 1859.
BEERHOUSE definition: an establishment licensed to serve only liquors fermented from malt , as beer, ale , or... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
