the refuse of grapes or other fruit that have been pressed for winemaking:the spent marc can be seen in purple-black piles by the roadside [count noun]:each press takes a marc of 4,000 kilograms
an alcoholic spirit distilled from marc:working men sat over bowls of milky coffee and glasses of marc
Origin:
early 17th century: from French, from marcher in the early sense 'to trample'
