goglet

[gog-lit]

noun

1. a long-necked container, especially for water, usually of porous earthenware so that its contents are cooled by evaporation.

goglet

/ ˈɡɒɡlɪt /

noun

1. Also called: guglet. a long-necked water-cooling vessel of porous earthenware, used esp in India

Word History and Origins

Origin of goglet¹

1690–1700; < Portuguese gorgoleta (diminutive of gorja throat), akin to French gargoulette (diminutive of gargoule throat); gargle

Word History and Origins

Origin of goglet¹

C17: from Portuguese gorgoleta a little throat, from gorja throat; related to French gargoule; see _gargle

Example Sentences

Goglet, gog′let, n. a water-cooler.

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The king was hard pressed by the queen, and at last forced water from his own goglet into the Ray's mouth.

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Com-plete in every particular,' said Hurree Babu, rolling into the balcony to clean his teeth at a goglet.

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So I set to and ransacked the lockers, where, amongst a vast variety of miscellaneous matters, I was not long in finding a bottle of very tolerable rum, some salt junk, some biscuit, and a goglet or porous earthen jar of water, with some capital cigars.

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Complete in every particular,' said Hurree Babu, rolling into the balcony to clean his teeth at a goglet.

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