tappit hen

Meanings

nountappit hen (plural tappit hens)

rareA bottle of wine in the port wine trade containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle.
Synonyms: Marie Jeanne, tregnum
ScotlandA hen with a tuft of feathers on her head.
Blyth , blyth , blyth was she, Blyth was she but and ben; And well the loo'd a Hawick gill, And leugh to see a tappit hen
a. 1740, unknown author, Andro and his Cutty Gun

nounA bottle of wine in the port wine trade containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle.

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Borrowed and modified from Scots tappit-hen.

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