A vessel used for decanting or receiving decanted liquors: spec. a bottle of clear flint or cut glass, with a stopper, in which wine is brought to…

An article of special size or quality. Cf. sense A. 9, compounds. †(a) A large decanter (obsolete); (b) (in later use) a large bottle for wine or…

a decanter with a base of greater width than the shoulder.

Chiefly attributive. A type of decanter designed with a wide base for use on board a ship. Cf. ship decanter n. at ship, n.1 compounds 3a.