"tappit hen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tappit hens [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed and modified from Scots tappit-hen. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tappit hen (plural tappit hens)
  1. (rare) A bottle of wine in the port wine trade containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Wine bottles Synonyms (bottle): Marie Jeanne, tregnum
    Sense id: en-tappit_hen-en-noun-41ecaZXV Disambiguation of Wine bottles: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'bottle': 100 0
  2. (Scotland) A hen with a tuft of feathers on her head. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-tappit_hen-en-noun-yh6a6UKb Categories (other): Scottish English

Inflected forms

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