Bottle

n. [Fr. bouteille, Pr. botelha, Sp. botella, botilla, botija, It. bottiglia, L. Lat. buticula, puticla, botilia, from Fr. botte, Pr. & Sp. bota, It. botte, cask. See Boot, n., a covering for the leg.]

1Sense 1. A hollow vessel of glass, earthen-ware, wood, leather, or other material, with a narrow mouth, for holding and carrying liquors.

2Sense 2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains.

A bottle of hay, a bundle or package of hay. [Local or humorous, and obsolete.] Shak.

[imp. & p. p. BOTTLED; p. pr. & vb. n. BOTTLING.] To inclose in bottles; as, to bottle wine or porter.