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English
Noun
ale-stake (plural ale-stakes)
- Alternative form of alestake
1889, John Bickerdyke, The curiosities of ale & beer: an entertaining history, page 108:No one was permitted to brew ale so long as any church-ale lasted, nor so long as the keeper of the park had any to sell, nor at any time without licence of the lord or court ; nor to sell without a sign, or, during the fair, without an ale-stake hung out, nor to ask a higher price for ale than that fixed by the jury of assize, nor to lower the quality below what the ale-tasters approved, nor to sell at times of Divine service, nor after nine o'clock at night, nor to sell at all without entering into a bond for ₤10, with a surety of ₤5, to keep orderly houses.
1998, Pete Slosberg, Beer for Pete's Sake, page 53:If you ran a public drinking house, you were required to have an ale-stake to show that you were conducting a business where ale was being brewed for sale.
2003, Ian Spencer Hornsey, A History of Beer and Brewing, page 286:This was effected by the brewer putting an ale-stake outside of his establishment, with a branch or bush attached to the end of it (Figure 6.1).
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Middle English
Noun
ale-stake
- alestake
c. 1400, Chaucer, Canterbury Tales: