Dictionary entry

Pottle

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.