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Pottle

//ˈpɒtəl// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn; a pot or drinking vessel of around this size. archaic

    "Why, he drinks you, with facility, your Dane dead drunk; he sweats not to overthrow your Almain; he gives your Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle can be filled."

  2. 2
    a pot that holds 2 quarts wordnet
  3. 3
    A small food container, usually made of plastic or cardboard, typically used for containing hot chips, yoghurt or other foodstuffs. New-Zealand

    "Outside, I ripped open the bag to reveal the chips were sitting inside a paper pottle. A pottle!"

  4. 4
    A small pot or other receptacle, e.g. for strawberries. archaic

    "Strawberry pottles are often half cabbage leaves, a few tempting strawberries being displayed on the top of the pottle."

Verb
  1. 1
    To place in a pottle. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English potell, potel, from Old French potel, diminutive of pot; see more at pot.

Etymology 2

From Middle English potell, potel, from Old French potel, diminutive of pot; see more at pot.

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