PORRINGER

porringer

(noun) a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle); “the child was eating pottage from a porringer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

porringer (plural porringers)

A small cup or bowl, usually with a handle, commonly used for porridge.

(obsolete) A headdress shaped like such a dish.

Source: Wiktionary


Por"rin*ger, n. Etym: [OE. pottanger, for pottager; cf. F. potager a soup basin. See Porridge.]

Definition: A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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