tappit hen
See also: tappit-hen
English
Etymology
Borrowed and modified from Scots tappit-hen.
Noun
tappit hen (plural tappit hens)
- (rare) A bottle of wine in the port wine trade containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle.
- (Scotland) A hen with a tuft of feathers on her head.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (bottle): Marie Jeanne
- (bottle): tregnum