▪ I. goglet1, gugglet Anglo-Indian.
(ˈgɒglɪt, ˈgʌglɪt)
Also 7 gurgulet, 9 guglet, gurglet.
[ad. Pg. gorgoleta, ‘an earthen and narrow-mouthed vessel, out of which the water runs and guggles’ (Lacerda Pg. Dict.); cf. F. gargoulette of similar meaning. The English forms may be due to association with goggle v.2, guggle v.]
A long-necked vessel for holding water, usually made of porous earthenware, so that the contents are kept cool by evaporation.
| 1698 Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 47 Gurgulets and Jars, which are Vessels made of a porous kind of Earth. 1766 Clive in Long Govt. Rec. (1869) 406 (Y.) To have a man with a Goglet of water ready to pour on his head. 1855 R. F. Burton Pilgr. El Medinah & Meccah II. xix. 196 The earth is sweet and makes excellent gugglets. 1879 Blackw. Mag. Jan. 55 They trusted to the porous goglets for cooling the water. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 10 A sponge and a small gurglet of water. |
▪ II. † ˈgoglet2 Obs. rare—1.
(See quot.)
| 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 271/2 A kind of a Drinking Cup or Vessel made off the higher end, or the small top of a Bull or Cows Horn..It is by some Gentlemens Buttlers termed a Souce, or Goglet, or Goblet. |