The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pottle draught
Pottle \Pot"tle\, n. [OE. potel, OF. potel, dim. of pot. See Pot.]
A liquid measure of four pints.
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A pot or tankard.
--Shak.A dry pottle of sack before him.
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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. [ Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.