beeswing

English

Etymology

From bee +‎ -s- +‎ wing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːzwɪŋ/

Noun

beeswing (usually uncountable, plural beeswings)

1. A filmy, translucent crust found in port and other old wines which have been bottled-aged for a long time.
   • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, Norton, published 2005, page 1170:

     The three glasses were grouped together, all of them tinged with wine, and one of them containing some dregs of beeswing.

2. Cream of tartar; potassium bitartrate; the residual salt of tartaric acid.

Derived terms

• beeswinged

Anagrams

• beswinge