Barbados water

English

Noun

Barbados water (uncountable)

1. (now rare, historical) A cordial flavoured with orange- and lemon-peel.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     [H]e had provided vast quantities of strong beer, flip, rumbo, and burnt brandy, with plenty of Barbadoes water for the ladies […] .

   • 1789, James Boswell, edited by Danziger & Brady, Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale, published 1989, page 17:

     Drank desperately a good deal of wine and, to crown all, half a pint of Barbados waters.