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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OF.

tanquart

; cf. OD.

tanckaert

; of uncertain origin.]

A large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover.

Marius was the first who drank out of a silver

tankard

, after the manner of Bacchus.

Arbuthnot.

Noun.

A large vessel for liquors, or a drinking vessel, with a cover.

Marius was the first who drank out of a silver tankard, after the manner of Bacchus.

tankard ‎(plural tankards)

A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.

drinking vessel