porringer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle)
    • the child was eating pottage from a porringer

WordNet

Por"rin*ger noun
Etymology
OE. pottanger, for pottager; cf. F. potager a soup basin. See Porridge.
Definitions
  1. A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth.

Webster 1913