† ˈtabern Obs.
Also 5 tabyrn.
[ad. L. taberna hut, booth, shop, tavern.]
An obsolete doublet of the word tavern, variously used in the senses ‘shop, tavern, cellar, cupboard’.
| 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 729/40 Hec taberna, a tabyrn. c 1590 Marlowe Faust. viii. 21, I can make thee drunk with ippocras at any tabern in Europe for nothing. 1605 Willet Hexapla Gen. 281 Food..commonly vendible in their tabernes. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 472 In the..angle of the kitchin..may be made a Tabern. 1674 Ray N.C. Words 47 A Tabern, a Cellar. |