jubbe

From Middle English jubbe, of unknown origin.

jubbe (plural jubbes)

1. (archaic) A large vessel holding liquor.

• jobbe, iubbe, gibbe, geobbe

Unknown.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒub(ə)/

jubbe (plural jubbis)

1. jubbe (tankard that holds liquor)
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Shypmans Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     With hym broghte he a jubbe of malvesye.

     With him he brought a tank of malvoisie.

• English: jubbe

• “jubbe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-18.