cupping glass

American  

noun

1. a glass vessel, used in cupping, in which a partial vacuum is created, as by heat.

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cupping glass British  

noun

1. Also called: artificial leech.  archaic med a glass vessel from which air can be removed by suction or heat to create a partial vacuum: formerly used in drawing blood to the surface of the skin for slow bloodletting

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Etymology

Origin of cupping glass

First recorded in 1535–45

Example Sentences

He suggested the use of a cupping glass or a syringe, or in case of necessity even of the mouth for this purpose.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

I remember a half hour's conversation with him once over a cupping glass, which he had gotten from an excavation in the Roman ruin called the Saalburg, near Homburg.

From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe by Various

To cup was to apply the cupping glass, which, being a partial vacuum, caused the flesh to puff up in it, and then the lancet was used.

From Palamon and Arcite by Dryden, John

Much to Simi's alarm we put the cupping glass on him, and the whole party of house servants escorted him to bed, shouting and laughing and dancing as they went.

From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift

When I look for some term to designate this digestive entrance, of which so far I know no other example, I can find only that of a sucker or cupping glass.

From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander