ALE


Meaning of ALE in English

/ayl/ , n.

1. a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.

2. Brit. beer.

[ bef. 950; ME; OE ( e ) alu (gen. ealoth ); c. OS alo-, MD ale, ael, ON ol; Lith alùs, OCS olu; Finnish, Estonian olut; areal word of North Europe ]

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