Chiefly in Spain and Spanish-speaking regions: a porous earthenware vessel used for cooling water by evaporation from its outer surface.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Joseph Townsend (1739–1816), geologist and writer. From Spanish alcarraza from Arabic al-karrāz from al the + karrāz jug with a narrow neck.
Definition of alcarraza in US English:
alcarraza
(also alcaraza)
nounalkəˈrɑːzə
Chiefly in Spain and Spanish-speaking regions: a porous earthenware vessel used for cooling water by evaporation from its outer surface.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Joseph Townsend (1739–1816), geologist and writer. From Spanish alcarraza from Arabic al-karrāz from al the + karrāz jug with a narrow neck.