Middle English Dictionary Entry
venten v.
Entry Info
Forms | venten v. |
Etymology | ?Shortened form of aventen v.; also cp. vent n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To provide (a wine cask) with an air hole.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1083/10 : Þe strengþe of feruent must…brekeþ ful strong vessel þat be ful of must but þay be vented.