maltery

English

Etymology

From malt +‎ -ery.

Noun

maltery (plural malteries)

1. (rare) A malthouse.
   • 1886, George Henry Thurston, Pittsburgh's Progress, Industries and Resources, 1886‎^[1], page 176:

     The foregoing represents the malteries whose product is disposed of by sale to brewers having no malteries connected with their breweries.

   • 1991, Ethiopia, new directions of industrial policy, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, page 67:

     Before the Assela Maltery was completed in 1984, most of the malt used in the breweries had to be imported: in 1983/84 only 20 per cent of the malt used was supplied locally. After the Assela maltery began operations output increased rapidly during the mid-1980s, reaching 11,000 tonnes in FY1988, 110 per cent of nominal installed capacity.

   • 2008, T.N. Khoshoo, Environmental Concerns And Strategics‎^[2], page 113:

     The fermentation industries comprise of distilleries, breweries and malteries.

Anagrams

• Martley