beeswing

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/ˈbiːzwɪŋ/

noun

A filmy, translucent crust found in port and other old wines which have been bottled-aged for a long time.

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Meanings

nounbeeswing (usually uncountable, plural beeswings)

plural beeswings

  1. uncountableusuallybeveragesA filmy, translucent crust found in port and other old wines which have been bottled-aged for a long time.

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

    1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, Norton, published 2005, page 1170
  2. uncountableusuallyCream of tartar; potassium bitartrate; the residual salt of tartaric acid.

Origin

From bee + -s- + wing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

beswinge
Cite this entry
APA

beeswing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beeswing

MLA

“beeswing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beeswing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beeswing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beeswing.

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