gowpen en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡaʊpən/ (UK)
Etymology
From Old Norse gaupn (“hollow made by cupped hands”). Doublet of yepsen.
Meanings
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(Scotland) A bowl made of the two hands cupped together.
it was ordered by Marina, who had it framed and set up in her bedroom next to a picture of her brother at twelve or fourteen clad in a bayronka (open shirt) and cupping a guinea pig in his gowpen (hollowed hands) […]
1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 313:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gowpens | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| gowpin | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (7)
fi kahmalo (Translations) · ca embosta (Translations) · no gaupn (Translations) · it giumella (Translations) · de Händeschale (Translations) · pl garstka (Translations) · es ambuesta (Translations)