potell
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French potel; equivalent to pot + -el (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
potell (plural potelles)
- A pottle (a small container, often one containing a half-gallon)
- A pottle (a unit of volume equalling a half-gallon)
Synonyms[edit]
- poteller (in the first sense)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “potel(le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.