[ad. med.L. vindēmiātio, f. L. vindēmiāre: see prec.] The gathering of grapes or other fruits. Also transf. and fig.
1609. C. Butler, Fem. Mon., x. (1623), T ij. Of the fruit and profit of Bees: Wherein is shewed first the Vindemiation or taking of Combes.
1653. W. G., Bacon’s Hist. Winds, etc., 305. Let this be the first Vindemiation or inchoated interpretation of the Forme of heat.
1669. Worlidge, Syst. Agric., 277. Vindemiation, the gathering of Grapes, or reaping the Fruit of any thing; as of Cherries, Apples, Bees, &c.
1727. Bailey (vol. II.), and in later Dicts.
