monteith

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mon·teith

M0404900 (mŏn-tēth′)n. A large basin with a notched rim on which cups or glasses can be hung, typically used as a punch bowl.
[Possibly after Monteith (Monteigh), an eccentric 17th-century Scotsman who wore a cloak scalloped at the hem.]

monteith

(mɒnˈtiːθ) n (Ceramics) a large ornamental bowl, usually of silver, for cooling wineglasses, which are suspended from the notched rim[C17: said to be from the name of a Scot who wore a cloak with a scalloped edge]