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

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.

As The Great Pianist comes from the stage, The Janitor meets him with a large seidel of beer.

From A Book of Burlesques by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

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

Perhaps they have a kind of Third Degree, flash a seidel of beer on you suddenly, and if you make an involuntary gesture of pleasure, you're convicted.

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.