Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sherry \Sher"ry\, n. [So called from Xeres, a Spanish town near
   Cadiz, x in Spanish having been formerly pronounced like sh
   in English.]
   A Spanish light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. As
   prepared for commerce it is colored a straw color or a deep
   amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down.

   {Sherry cobbler}, a beverage prepared with sherry wine,
      water, lemon or orange, sugar, ice, etc., and usually
      imbided through a straw or a glass tube.