Cŏl'an-der, n.

(kŭl'an-), n. [Lat. colans, colantis, p. pr. of colare, to strain, from colum, a strainer; Fr. couloire.] A vessel with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquors.

*First an osier colander provide Of twigs thick wrought (such toiling peasants twine When through strait passages they strain their wine). Dryden.*