quaich

American  

[kweykh] / kweɪx /

noun

1. a Scottish drinking cup of the 17th and 18th centuries having a shallow bowl with two or three flat handles.

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quaich British  

/ kwex, kweɪx /

noun

1. a small shallow drinking cup, usually with two handles

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Etymology

Origin of quaich

First recorded in 1665–75, quaich is from the Scots Gaelic word cuach

Example Sentences

The complete project is still at least a year away, so I had booked a room for the night just down the road at the Craigellachie Hotel, popular with whisky enthusiasts both for its proximity to distilleries and for the Quaich Bar, home to a staggering collection of more than 800 whiskies.

From The Wall Street Journal

After dinner, one regular of the Quaich Bar had led a procession out into the cold and to the river, where Speyside’s distilleries have sourced water for centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Scotland, the cup, called a quaich, became smaller, roughly mug-sized, and sometimes ceramic.

From Seattle Times

“There was a tradition of special stones in this part of the Highlands, including charms and healing stones, and excavations have found a group of very similar water-worn stones in Glen Quaich, so they are not anomalous but part of a wider culture.”

From The Guardian

Paul Masterton, who hails from Edinburgh, captured the image of the majestic mammals in Glen Quaich, Perthshire.

From Fox News