hostry

English

Etymology

From Old French hosterie, from hoste (host).

Noun

hostry (plural hostries)

  1. (obsolete) A hostelry. [14th-18th c.]
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke II:
      And wrapped hym in swadlynge cloothes, and layed hym in a manger, because there was no roume for them within, in the hostrey.
    • c. 1593, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, IV.6:
      I, seeing that, took him by the leg and never rested pulling till I had pulled me his leg quite off, and now 'tis at home in mine hostry.
  2. (obsolete) A stable for horses.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

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