Plural of grapery; buildings or facilities where grapes are grown, especially under glass or in controlled conditions; vineyards or grape-growing structures.
From 'grape' plus the suffix '-ery' (meaning a place where something is made or grown, or a collection of things). The '-ery' suffix comes from Old French and Latin and appears in words like brewery, pottery, and nursery.
The '-ery' suffix is disappearing from modern English—we now say 'coffee shop' instead of 'coffeehouse' or 'coffee emporium,' but historical words like graperies, breweries, and dairies remain as fossils of when '-ery' was the standard way to name workplaces and production sites.
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