\Pot"tle\, n. [OE. potel, OF. potel, dim. of pot. See
{Pot}.]
1. A liquid measure of four pints.
2. A pot or tankard. --Shak.
         A dry pottle of sack before him.      --Sir W.
                                               Scott.
3. A vessel or small basket for holding fruit.
         He had a . . . pottle of strawberries in one hand.
                                               --Dickens.
{Pottle draught}, taking a pottle of liquor at one draught. [
   Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.