资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vendue \Ven*due"\, n. [OF. vendue, from F. vendre, p. p. vendu,
   vendue, to sell.]
   A public sale of anything, by outcry, to the highest bidder;
   an auction. [Obsoles.]

   {Vendue master}, one who is authorized to sell any property
      by vendue; an auctioneer. [Obsoles.]