beeswing

English

Etymology

bee +‎ -s- +‎ wing

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːzwɪŋ/

Noun

beeswing (usually uncountable, plural beeswings)

  1. A filmy, translucent crust found in port and other old wines which have been bottled-aged for a long time.
    • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, Norton, published 2005, page 1170:
      The three glasses were grouped together, all of them tinged with wine, and one of them containing some dregs of beeswing.
  2. Cream of tartar; potassium bitartrate; the residual salt of tartaric acid.

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