stoup Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an archaic drinking vessel
  2. noun basin for holy water
    stoop.

WordNet

Stoup noun
Etymology
See Stoop a vessel.
Definitions
  1. A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids. Scot.
  2. (Eccl.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup.

Webster 1913