seidel

American  

[sahyd-l, zahyd-l] / ˈsaɪd l, ˈzaɪd l /

noun

1. a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.

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Etymology

Origin of seidel

1905–10; < German; Middle High German sīdel < Latin situla bucket

Example Sentences

He sat down in a secluded café with his cheek against a seidel of dark beer and began to caress the universe with his intellect.

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher

But I couldn't help thinking how agreeable a psychical seidel of dark beer would be just now.

From In the Sweet Dry and Dry by Haley, Bart

How many could bear the ribald distortions of that lens-like seidel bottom and yet keep their charm?

From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.

When he had finished his seidel he got up to go.

From Shallow Soil by Hyllested, Carl Christian

They will never know the Berlin that lifts its seidel to the setting sun, the Berlin that greets the moonrise, the Berlin that meets the dawn.

From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.