rack (4)EnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishrack4 /rak / ▸ verb [with object] draw off (wine, beer, etc.) from the sediment in the barrel: the wine is racked off into large oak casks. – ORIGIN late 15th century: from Provençal arracar, from raca ‘stems and husks of grapes, dregs’.
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