audit ale

noun

A strong, high-quality ale brewed for some Oxford and Cambridge colleges, originally for the feast following the annual audit of the college accounts.

Meanings

nounaudit ale (countable and uncountable, plural audit ales)

plural audit ales

  1. countablehistoricaluncountableA strong, high-quality ale brewed for some Oxford and Cambridge colleges, originally for the feast following the annual audit of the college accounts.
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