Definition of "wine-bowl" [wine-bowl]

• An elaborate drinking-cup, large, and without a stand or stem; a bowl intended for use in drinking wine. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Grant every favour, — always excepting what is forbidden by our oath on the wine-bowl."
• "It might be a small bronze of Dionysos with gilded thyrsos-wand and wreath; or a big wine-bowl painted with Theseus among the Amazons."
• "Far from home, careless and pleasure-seeking, light of purse and light of heart the wandering scholars of the Middle Ages frequented taverns, as well as lecture rooms, and knew the wine-bowl even better than books."