hostry

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?)

Anagrams

• Rosyth, Shorty, shorty