hostry

English

Etymology

From Old French hosterie, from hoste (“host”). Doublet of osteria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊstɹi/

Noun

hostry (plural hostries)

1. (obsolete) A hostelry. [14th–18th c.]
   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke ij:[7], folio lxxiiij, verso:

     And wrapped hym in ſwadlynge cloothes / and layed hym in a manger / be cauſe there was no roume for them with in / in the hoſtrey.

   • 1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Mar[lowe], The Tragicall Historie of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. […], London: […] Iohn Wright, […], published 1616 (1631 reprint), →OCLC, page [54]:

     I ſeeing that, tooke him by the legge, and neuer reſted pulling, till I had pull’d me his legge quite off, and now tis at home in mine hoſtrey.

2. (obsolete) A stable for horses.
   • 1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 112:

     An Hoſtry now for Waggons;

Anagrams

• Rosyth, Shorty, shorty