vintage

¹vin·tage

noun \ˈvin-tij\

Definition of VINTAGE

1

a (1) : a season's yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard (2) : wine; especially : a usually superior wine all or most of which comes from a single year b : a collection of contemporaneous and similar persons or things : crop

2

: the act or time of harvesting grapes or making wine

3

a : a period of origin or manufacture <a piano of 1845 vintage> b : length of existence : age

Examples of VINTAGE

1. a piano of 1845 vintage

Origin of VINTAGE

Middle English, probably alteration of vendage, from Anglo-French vendage, vendenge, from Latin vindemia grape-gathering, vintage, from vinum wine, grapes + demere to take off, from de- + emere to take — more at wine, redeem

First Known Use: 15th century

Other Agriculture/Gardening Terms

fallow, graft, heirloom, loam, potash, soilage, swath, tilth, windfall

Rhymes with VINTAGE

mintage