• Calcatory

    Origin

    From , from calcāre ("to trample") + -tōrium ("-ory: forming locations"), from calx ("heel") + -āre ("forming verbs"). Equivalent to en + -calcate + ory.

    Full definition of calcatory

    Noun

    calcatory

    (plural calcatorys)
    1. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of en, particularly a location where grapes are crushed underfoot to produce juice or wine.
      • c. 1420, translating Palladius as De Re Rustica, ll. 461462:Above it well the calcatory make,
        A wyne pitte the oon half either to take.
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