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Definition of Gamay
1. Noun. any of several varieties of red grape used for making Beaujolais and other red wines. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gamay
1. a red grape [n -MAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamay
Literary usage of Gamay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Origin, Nature, and Varieties of Wine: Being a Complete by John Louis William Thudichum, August Dupré (1872)
"There are three particular varieties of this gamay, namely, the gamay Picard,
and the two varieties which we know also to be cultivated in the Beaujolais, ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"The variety used (with the exception of a few American sorts grown for experiment)
is all gamay Noir. Millie Blanch I discarded years ago. ..."
3. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1880)
"The low Beaujolais produces a greater quantity of wine, but of a less distinguished
quality. The prevailing vines are the Petit gamay and the gamay Nicolas. ..."