'Pottle draught' definitions:

Definition of 'Pottle draught'

From: GCIDE
  • Pottle \Pot"tle\, n. [OE. potel, OF. potel, dim. of pot. See Pot.]
  • 1. A liquid measure of four pints. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A pot or tankard. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • A dry pottle of sack before him. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A vessel or small basket for holding fruit. [1913 Webster]
  • He had a . . . pottle of strawberries in one hand. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • Pottle draught, taking a pottle of liquor at one draught. [ Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]