[ 'galɪpɒt ]
■ noun historical a small pot used to hold medicines or ointments.
Origin
ME: prob. from galley + pot 1 (because the pots were brought from the Mediterranean in galleys).
GALLIPOT
Meaning of GALLIPOT in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004