taproom

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served from taps or over a counter

   Travelers gathered in the inn's taproom for ale and supper.

A compound of tap + room, attested from the eighteenth century. Tap refers to the device used to draw beer from a cask, so the taproom was the part of an inn where drink was dispensed.

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