Crossword clues for alestake
alestake
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alestake \Ale"stake\, n.
A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an
alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly
suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a ``bush.'' [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
alt. (context historical English) A stake or pole serving as a sign at an alehouse, often with a garland or "bush" attached. n. (context historical English) A stake or pole serving as a sign at an alehouse, often with a garland or "bush" attached.
Usage examples of "alestake".
Adam saw Paul, the innkeeper, standing under his new alestake, and the two near-neighbors nodded to each other as Adam, still grinning, turned off to the left, up the street beside his shop.
Paul found himself wishing he did not have quite such a prominent alestake after all, but he took a deep breath, squared his shoulders with resolution, and scurried inside.
He was standing under the new alestake, arms folded, glowering at his men.
Resembling Ivy in miniature, the leaves have been used in weaving chaplets for the dead, as well as for adorning the Alestake erected as a sign at taverns.