[kee-ahn-tee, -an-; It. kyahn-tee] 
| a dry, red, Italian table wine, originally put up in straw-covered bottles. |
| Chi·an·ti (kē-än'tē, -ān'-) n. A dry red table wine made from a blend of different varieties of grapes, originally produced in northwest Italy. [After the Chianti Mountains, a range of the Apennines in central Italy.] |