caudle

American  

[kawd-l] / ˈkɔd l /

noun

1. a warm drink for the sick, as of wine or ale mixed with eggs, bread, sugar, spices, etc.

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caudle British  

/ ˈkɔːdəl /

noun

1. a hot spiced wine drink made with gruel, formerly used medicinally

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Etymology

Origin of caudle

1250–1300; Middle English caudel < Old North French < Medieval Latin caldellum, equivalent to Latin calid ( um ) warmed watered wine (noun use of neuter of calidus warm) + -ellum diminutive suffix; see -elle

Example Sentences

Nor wanted there to my seeming—O the inexplicable simpleness of dreams!—bowls of that cheering nectar, —which mortals caudle call below.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest

As the caddy was the companion piece of the caddy spoon, so the caudle bowl is associated with the caudle spoon.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.

Shall my enemy range the field and I sit at home and lap caudle?

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Taking a caudle from the table, he left the room, and ascended the wide staircase towards his chamber.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

It might be well to explain to the present generation that caudle was a preparation of wine, eggs, and spices which was commonly fed to invalids, in the latter part of the eighteenth century.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.