brandywine

See also: Brandywine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch brandewijn. Doublet of brännvin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹændiwaɪn/

Noun

brandywine (countable and uncountable, plural brandywines)

1. (archaic) Brandy.
   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, “Of Tumours: Of Pernio”, in Eight Chirurgical Treatises, Book I, Ch. XIII:

     Socks dipt in Brandy-wine, and worn, are preventive.

   • 1906, Rudyard Kipling, A Smuggler's Song:

     Running round the woodlump if you chance to find
     Little barrels, roped and tarred, all full of brandy-wine,
     Don't you shout to come and look, nor use 'em for your play.
     Put the brishwood back again—and they'll be gone next day!

References

• “brandywine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.