wassail : Idioms & Phrases


Wassail bowl

  • a bowl in which wassail was mixed, and placed upon the table. "Spiced wassail bowl." J. Fletcher. "When the cloth was removed, the butler brought in a huge silver vessel . . . Its appearance was hailed with acclamation, being the wassail bowl so renowned in Christmas festivity." W. Irving.
Webster 1913

Wassail cup

  • a cup from which wassail was drunk.
Webster 1913