OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 11935

rack

/ɹæk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
desliar
To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the lees (which we call racking), whereby it will clarify much the sooner.
The Darwin administrator, J.C. Archer, with great ceremony, turned on the flow to rack the precious golden stuff into casks.
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