potell

Middle English

Alternative forms

• potel, potelle, pottell, pottel, pottelle

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French potel; equivalent to pot +‎ -el (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔtəl/

Noun

potell (plural potelles)

1. A pottle (a small container, often one containing a half-gallon)
2. A pottle (a unit of volume equalling a half-gallon)

Synonyms

• poteller (in the first sense)

Descendants

• English: pottle
• Scots: pottle

References

• “potel(le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.