n. A place where gin is sold; a modern day example would be a tavern or barroom.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A shop or house where gin is retailed; a dram-shop.
Word Usage
"Mrs. Fry withdrew, and waiting for nightfall followed the woman: down a winding alley, past rows of rotting tenements, into a cellar below a ginshop."