pap-boat
[f. pap n.2 + boat n. 2 a.]
1. A boat-shaped vessel for holding pap for feeding infants.
| 1782 F. Burney Cecilia vi. viii, I have a vast inclination to get a pap-boat myself, and make him a present of it. 1854 Thackeray Rose & Ring iii, [She] merely sent her compliments and a silver papboat for the baby. |
2. A shell of the family Turbinellidæ, as Turbinella rapha, used on the Malabar coast to hold anointing oil.
| 1886 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. |