What is "sherbets"

Usage examples of "sherbets".

A houseboat on an Indian lake, with turbaned servants bringing us flowery-fresh sherbets and spicy tidbits of lamb and pastry, among the water lilies.

Everything was planned to the last including a large jar of lemon sherbets for Macaulay.

As Valentine dismounted from the floater with Carabella on his arm, he saw servitors waiting with iced wines and sherbets, and heard musicians strumming on delicate instruments.

Above the tables, bottles, and cups of sherbet, gently powdered by the colored lights, floated bright faces and vivid women's hats, and even the yellow and pink sherbets in the cups and the glasses of green and yellow lemonade harmonized like jewelry with the whole picture.

I've seen other painters at it, fanning their bloody sitters and bringing them sherbets and all sorts of nonsense – letting them stand up while they plump up the cushions so when they sit down the posture's gone and you have to spend five minutes tugging them back into the right position.

Bedecked in loose robes of silks and brocades, they tasted sherbets, sipped iced wines, and enjoyed the balmy summer breeze that blew in from the sea.