1. A liquid measure of four pints. ... 2. A pot or tankard. '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. ... Origin: OE. Potel, OF. Potel, dim. Of pot. See Pot. ... Source: ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Pot'tle noun [ Middle English potel , Old French 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 ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/137