tankard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large drinking vessel with one handle

WordNet

Tank"ard noun
Etymology
OF. tanquart; cf. OD. tanckaert; of uncertain origin.
Definitions
  1. A large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover.
    Marius was the first who drank out of a silver tankard, after the manner of Bacchus. Arbuthnot.

Webster 1913