taplash

English

Alternative forms

tap-lash

Etymology

From tap +‎ lash?

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æʃ

Noun

taplash (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, UK) Small beer of bad quality.
2. (obsolete, UK) The refuse or dregs of liquor.
   • 1622, John Taylor, The Water-Cormorant:

     Fac'd with the tap-lash of strong Ale and Wine

References

• OED citations
• “taplash”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• asphalt, spathal