Also -shrob. [‘Englishman’s Hindustani lāl-shrāb red wine’ (Yule).] ‘The universal name for claret in India’ (Yule).
1816. ‘Quiz,’ Grand Master, II. 45. Will master drink loll shraub, or beer?
1834. Caunter, Orient. Ann., viii. 106. The sturdy Mussulman made no scruple of taking his bottle of loll shrob.
