Pot″tle (?), n. [OE. potel, OF. potel, dim. of pot. See Pot.] 1. A liquid measure of four pints.
2. A pot or tankard. Shak.
A dry pottle of sack before him. Sir W. Scott.
3. A vessel or small basket for holding fruit.
He had a... pottle of strawberries in one hand. Dickens.
Pottle draught, taking a pottle of liquor at one draught. Halliwell.