kovshn.
/kɒvʃ/ A ladle or container for drink.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > utensils for
wine basketc950
faucet?a1400
claretc1440
tilter1630
simpulum1672
worm1681
valentia1688
screw1697
bottle screw1699
corkscrew1720
cyathus1768
toddy ladle1807
valinch1823
champagne fountain1835
wine-wagon1848
beer-tray1862
beer-pull1864
oenochoe1871
bottle opener1872
kovsh1884
toddy-lifter1894
set-up1930
beer-mat1939
1884 A. Maskell Russ. Art vi. 134 The bowls or ladles termed kovsh.
1935 Burlington Mag. June 298/1 The large kovsh, or ladle..follows an interesting evolution.
1949 H. C. Bainbridge P. C. Fabergé vii. 133 Objects in..painted enamels in the way of ikons, kovshi, tea sets, [etc.].
1960 Harper's Bazaar Aug. 11/1 A silver-gilt kovsh: used in Russia for drinking vodka.
1966 Daily Tel. 18 Oct. 16/5 At Sothebys... A Russian silver and enamel kovsh, a squat wine jug, went to G. Lawrence for £210.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
n.1884- railway edition
- railway engine
- railway enthusiast
- railway excursion
- railway labourer
- railway letter
- railway library
- railway line
- railway mania
- railway manual
- railway map
- railway marshalling yard
- railway modelling
- railway novel
- railway office
- railway official
- railway pass
- railway passenger
- railway platform
- railway police
- railway policeman
- railway porter
- railway poster
- railway rates tribunal
- railway rug