Moselle
(məʊˈzɛl)
Also 8 mossel.
[The Fr. name (= G. Mosel, L. Mosella) of a river which joins the Rhine at Coblentz.]
In full Moselle wine: a dry white wine, produced near the Moselle.
| 1687 Carte in Magd. Coll. & Jas. II (O.H.S.) 158 A glass of Moselle wine. 1693 [R. Ames] Bacch. Sessions Rhenish, Hock, Old and Young, Moselle, and Backrag. 1703 Art & Myst. Vintners 60 Put into the Vessel 20 ounces of mossel. 1839 Bailey Festus xvi. (1852) 180 Thy wit..Is like cool moselle. 1869 Black In Silk Attire II. 240 He..contemplatively stirred his Moselle with a bit of biscuit. 1879 Vizetelly Facts about Champagne xvi. 176 The sparkling moselles..are largely dosed with the preparation of elder-flowers, which imparts to them their well-known muscatel flavour and perfume. |