Claret (Fr. clairet), a term originally applied to wines of a light-red colour, but which is now used in England as a general name for the red wines of Bordeaux (q.v.). The name as used in England is unknown in France.
Claret
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 278
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