‖kelder, noun

/ˈkeldə(r)/
Plurals:
kelders, occasionally kelderen.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch.
1. A wine-cellar. Also transferred sense.
[1796 C.R. Hopson tr. of C.P. Thunberg’s Trav. II. 136Having arrived at the top from the eastern side we observed a place called the Company’s Cellar (Kelder).]
a1878 J. Montgomery Reminisc. (1981) 81The place of worship..was an old, dilapidated ‘kelder’ or wine store.
1883 M.A. Carey-Hobson Farm in Karoo 57They visited the vineyards...They were next shown the ‘Kelder’, as it is called, where the pressing is done.
1883 M.A. Carey-Hobson Farm in Karoo 268They did not go through the ‘kelderen’, or cellars.
1967 W.A. De Klerk White Wines 20Foremen, workers and Kobus Jordaan, heir-apparent to the Theuniskraal domain, were all about the werf in front of the kelder, completing the last of the weekly chores, before daar gepay word (meaning ‘they are paid’).
1982 J. Krige in Staffrider Vol.5 No.2, 20What they really used to enjoy doing was chasing each other in the wine kelders.
2. combination
keldermeester/-ˌmɪəstə(r)/ noun [Afrikaans, meester master], a cellarer.
1919 M. Greenlees tr. of O.F. Mentzel’s Life at Cape in Mid-18th C. 8The Under-Merchants...The Keldermeester, who looks after the Company’s wines and European beer.
A wine-cellar. Also transferred sense.
, a cellarer.
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