carousal
(kəˈraʊzəl)
[f. carouse v. + -al1; but the formation may have been aided by the misunderstanding of carousel, and its association with carouse v.]
A fit of carousing, a drinking-feast or carouse; revelry in drinking.
| 1765 Sterne Tr. Shandy VII. xliii. (R.) The swains were preparing for a carousal. 1801 Southey Thalaba vi. xxviii, Sounds of carousal came, and song. 1814 Byron Lara i. vii, Join'd the carousals of the great and gay. 1872 Yeats Techn. Hist. Comm. 124 The Germans were celebrated for their hospitality..and their carousals. |
¶ Erroneously put for carousel q.v.