(US, Canada) A non-alcoholicstill beverage consisting of the (usually unfiltered and still containing pulp) juice of early-harvest apples; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice).
(Australia) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples.
“Cider was even served to children in the form of a drink called ciderkin, made by soaking what is left of pressed apples and then repressing and fermenting the mixture.”
“Ciderkin is made for common drinking, and supplies the place of small beer.”