calcatory

noun

calcatory

noun

Etymology From Latin calcātōrium, from calcāre (“to trample”) + -tōrium (“-ory: forming locations”), from calx (“heel”) + -āre (“forming verbs”). Equivalent to calcate + -ory.

Obsolete, Rare Synonym of winepress, particularly a location where grapes are crushed underfoot to produce juice or wine.

Above it well the calcatory make,c. 1420, translating Palladius as De Re Rustica, ll. 461–462

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