barrelhouse
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English
Etymology
From barrel + house. Originally used to refer specifically to a bar that served whiskey directly from the barrel.
Noun
barrelhouse (plural barrelhouses)
- A rough-and-tumble drinking establishment.
- (music) A loud, percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy bars or taverns.
- 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 18, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 111:
- A barrelhouse blues was being shouted over the stamping of feet on a wooden floor. Miss Grace, the good-time woman, had her usual Saturday-night customers.
Synonyms
- (drinking establishment): juke, juke joint