Porron

Quick meaning: Porron is a noun meaning A glass container for wine for table use, with a long neck at the top for filling and holding and a long thin spout at the side to enable pouring into the mouth from a distance.

Meaning

A glass container for wine for table use, with a long neck at the top for filling and holding and a long thin spout at the side to enable pouring into the mouth from a distance.

Example Sentences

Turns out the group was enjoying a porron, a communal drinking vessel native to Spain.

A porron is a sort of glass bottle with a pointed spout from which a thin jet of wine spurts out whenever you tip it up; you can thus drink from a distance, without touching it with your lips, and it can be passed from hand to hand. I went on strike and demanded a drinking-cup as soon as I saw a porron in use.

Word Forms

• porrons

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include winepot, gardevin, flute, winebottle, bocal, copita.

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