n. 1 a tall mug with a handle and sometimes a hinged lid, esp. of silver or pewter for beer. 2 the contents of or an amount held by a tankard (drank a tankard of ale).
[ ME: orig. unkn.: cf. MDu. tanckaert ]
n. 1 a tall mug with a handle and sometimes a hinged lid, esp. of silver or pewter for beer. 2 the contents of or an amount held by a tankard (drank a tankard of ale).
[ ME: orig. unkn.: cf. MDu. tanckaert ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012