goglet

English

Etymology

From Portuguese gorgoleta. Compare French gargoulette.

Noun

goglet (plural goglets)

  1. A jar or vase of porous pottery for keeping water cool by evaporation.
    • 1901, Rudyard Kipling, Kim:
      […]Hurree Babu, rolling into the balcony to clean his teeth at a goglet.

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