lees
Meaning
The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
lee
Synonyms
natural yeast found in the dregs of palmwine
tank waste
sedimentary deposit
deposit sediment
press residues
sediment of wine
Translations
lie
hez
feccia
Bodensatz
solatge
borra
κατακάθια
feculentiaFrequency
Etymology
In summary
From Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).
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