calcatory

English

Etymology

From Latin calcātōrium, from calcāre (“to trample”) + -tōrium (“-ory: forming locations”), from calx (“heel”) + -āre (“forming verbs”). Equivalent to calcate +‎ -ory.

Noun

calcatory (plural calcatories)

1. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of winepress, particularly a location where grapes are crushed underfoot to produce juice or wine.
   • c. 1420, translating Palladius as De Re Rustica, ll. 461–462:

     Above it well the calcatory make,
     A wyne pitte the oon half either to take.

References

• “† calcatory, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2023.