meddar

Borrowed from Irish meadar, from Old Irish metar, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).

meddar

1. A hollow square piece of wood.
   • 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):

     Meddar,

     A hollow square piece of Wood, to drink out of.