vinette

English

Etymology

Noun

vinette (plural vinettes)

(archaic) A sprig or branch.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book II.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the VVorld. Commonly Called, The Natvrall Historie of C. Plinivs Secvndus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, OCLC 1180792622:
  Passing good and proper indeed for vinet and storie worke in borders.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vinette in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

French

Noun

vinette m (plural vinettes)

small wine

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