REFRESHMENT
ADJECTIVES
1600 ► without food, without refreshment → BAITLESS → rare
NOUNS
1400 ► refreshment by food and repose; hence, comfortable accommodation, food and lodging → EASEMENT → obs.
1440 ► the act of taking wayside refreshment or of giving food to horses upon a journey → BAITING
1475 ► the place at which, or occasion when, a halt is made for refreshment on a journey → BAITING
1570 ► food, refreshment; a feed for horses, or slight repast for travellers, upon a journey; light refreshment taken between meals → BAIT
1691 ► slight refreshment taken between meals either at 11 a.m. or 4 p.m.; occasionally applied also to a regular meal → BAVER → BEAVER → Eng. dial.
1774 ► a refreshment bar or room → BUVETTE
1859 ► an interval allowed for refreshment, in the morning and afternoon → BEVER-TIME → Eng. dial.
1861 ► refreshments served to one’s guests at a meeting or ceremony → COLLATION → Amer. dial.
1868 ► light refreshment taken between meals, lunch → BITING-ON → Eng. dial.
1882 ► an afternoon or evening meal or refreshment → VESPER → Amer. dial.
1886 ► time for refreshment → BAITING-TIME → Eng. dial.
1892 ► refreshment taken between breakfast and dinner → REAR-BIT → Eng. dial.
20C ► a break for rest and light refreshment → LEMON TIME → Brit. railway sl.
1965 ► in motor racing: a refreshment stand → OASIS → US sl.
1980 ► a stop for refreshment during a bus or car journey → GREASE STOP → US sl.
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