'Rape wine' definitions:
Definition of 'Rape wine'
From: GCIDE
- Rape \Rape\ (r[=a]p), n. [F. r[^a]pe a grape stalk.]
- 1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Rape wine, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of pressed grapes. [1913 Webster]