vin|tage

vin|tage
vin|tage «VIHN tihj», noun, adjective, verb, -taged, -tag|ing.
–n.
1. the wine from a certain crop of grapes. Some vintages are better than others.
2. a year's crop of grapes.
3. the year in which a particular wine, especially one of outstanding quality, was produced.
4. the gathering of grapes for making wine.
5. the season of gathering grapes and making wine.
6. Figurative. the output of anything at some particular time; something which was fashionable or popular during an earlier season: »

Her old hat was of the vintage of 1940.

7. Figurative. age, especially old age: »

Hamlin's staging respects the play's vintage (Howard Taubman).

–adj.
1. of outstanding quality; choice: »

vintage wines.

2. Figurative. of antique or classic style or excellence: »

a vintage thoroughbred, a vintage Rolls-Royce engine.

3. Figurative. out-of-date; old-fashioned: »

a vintage streetcar.

–v.t.
to make (wine) from gathered grapes; vint: »

Marne, where the true sparkling champagne is vintaged (Pall Mall Gazette).

╂[< Anglo-French vintage, alteration of Old French vendange < Latin vīndēmia < vīnum wine + dēmere take off < dē- away + emere to take]

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