stoup

Examples

• All

• The old tavern served each patron a stoup of rich ale to quench their thirst.

• Set me the stoups of wine upon that table.

  Hamlet (1948)

• Set me the stoup of wine upon that table.

  Hamlet (1990)

• Nothing like a good stoup of ale to welcome in the festive season.

  Fiction book (1994)

• A nogging of ale, a pipkin of porter... a stoup of stout or a beaker of beer?

  The Gay Divorcee (1934)

• The guardsmen, silhouetted against the fire, pitched back from the hips and pulled at the contents of various jugs and stoups.

  Fiction book (1997)

• There is nothing quite like enjoying a stoup of mead by the fire on a chilly evening.

• He raised his stoup to toast the arrival of the new year with his friends.

Synonyms

G

goblet

vsstoup

21 4.1

A cup with a stem and base used for drinking, often for wine or ceremonies

is an old-fashioned drinking piece rather than a stemmed ceremonial one

T

tankard

vsstoup

4 8.6

A large drinking mug with one handle that people often use for beer

is a general old-fashioned cup rather than a large beer vessel

D

drinking vessel

vsstoup

1 2.5

A container like a cup or mug for holding liquids to drink

is a specific old-fashioned cup form rather than any container

C

cannikin

vsstoup

• Archaic

9.9

A small old-fashioned cup for drinking, often decorative

is similar but not limited to small decorative or wooden types

Q

quaich

vsstoup

• UK

9.9

A shallow two-handled cup from Scotland used for sharing drinks

is an old-fashioned vessel not limited to shallow two handled forms

How Old-Fashioned

stoup

• Archaic

1 9.9

tankard

4 8.6

mug

112 1.0

cup

846 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology