Goblet


[gob-lit] /ˈgɒb lɪt/

noun
1.
a drinking glass with a foot and stem.
2.
Archaic. a bowl-shaped drinking vessel with no handles.
/ˈɡɒblɪt/
noun
1.
a vessel for drinking, usually of glass or metal, with a base and stem but without handles
2.
(archaic) a large drinking cup shaped like a bowl
n.

late 14c., from Old French gobelet “goblet, cup,” diminutive of gobel “cup,” probably related to gobe “gulp down” (see gob).

a laver or trough for washing garments. In Cant. 7:2, a bowl or drinking vessel, a bowl for mixing wine; in Ex. 24:6, a sacrificial basin. (See CUP.)

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