white wine
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Any wine of a light colour, not red; as champagne, hock, sauterne, moselle, etc.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Examples
Y'all like white wine?Các bạn có thích rượu vang trắng không?
Do you guys like white wine?Các bạn có thích rượu vang trắng không?
Tatoeba sentence #5205817 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “white wine” mean?
Any wine of a light colour, not red; as champagne, hock, sauterne, moselle, etc.
Is “white wine” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.