pigeage

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noun

The stamping down of grape skins that float to the surface during the fermentation process in winemaking.

OriginFrench pigeage →
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Meanings

nounpigeage (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe stamping down of grape skins that float to the surface during the fermentation process in winemaking.

    The pigeage was still hard work, especially after lunch, but it seemed to be getting slightly easier. Later, I spent an hour or so in the office researching temperature control fermentation.

    2011, Steve Hovington, The Grape Escape, page 142

Origin

  1. Frenchpigeage
  2. Englishpigeage

From French pigeage.

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APA

pigeage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigeage

MLA

“pigeage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigeage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pigeage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigeage.

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