POTTLE Definition & Meaning

pottle

[ pot-l ]

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noun

a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.
a pot or tankard of this capacity.
the wine or other liquid in it.

pottle

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noun

archaic.
a liquid measure equal to half a gallon
a plastic or cardboard container for foods such as yoghurt, fruit salad, or cottage cheese

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of pottle¹

1250–1300; Middle English potel < Middle French, diminutive of pot pot ¹; -elle

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of pottle¹

C14: potel, from Old French: a small pot ¹

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To look for a needle in a pottle of hay.

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The accounts of the city at this period contain entries of payments for sugar loaves given to the Recorder for a New Year’s present, and for pottles of wine bestowed on distinguished visitors.

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The evening is wound up with potations, “pottle deep,” of ale and hot elderberry wine, and a loud cheer echoes through the house when the clock strikes twelve.

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It will be noted that the ancient measure—a pottle—is here used.

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Rare ripe strawberries and Hautboys, sixpence a pottle.

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