Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Scotland)A bowl made of the two hands cupped together.

    Händeschale

Translations

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Origin

From Old Norse gaupn (“hollow made by cupped hands”). Doublet of yepsen.

From Old Norse gaupn (“hollow made by cupped hands”). Doublet of yepsen.

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Forms

plural: gowpens
Singulargowpen
Pluralgowpens

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedgowpenful

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gowpen — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto