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{{also|ale-house}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|ale-house}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|alehous}}, {{m|enm|alehuse}} from {{inh|en|ang|ealuhūs}}. {{surf|en|ale|house}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alehouse.wav|a=Southern England}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[business]], such as an [[inn]] or [[tavern]], where [[ale]] is sold.
#: {{syn|en|beer parlour|beer bar|brewpub|pub|saloon}}
#* {{RQ:Jack Straw|I|18|Find him in a pulpit but twiſe in the yeare,<br>And Ile find him fortie times in the '''ale-houſe''' taſting ſtrong beare.}}
#* {{RQ:Scott Abbot|volume=I|page=326|passage=But go to—carry thy roisterers elsewhere—to the '''alehouse''' if they list, and there are crowns to pay your charges—make out the day’s madness without doing more mischief, and be wise men to-morrow—and hereafter learn to serve a good cause better than by acting like ruffians.}}
#* {{RQ:Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit|chapter=3|page=19|passage=Mention has been already made more than once, of a certain Dragon who  swung and creaked complainingly before the village '''ale-house''' door.}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|alehouse keeper}}

====Translations====
{{trans-see|beer parlour}}

{{C|en|Bars}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}
 
# {{alt form|enm|alehous}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|q=1}}