Tankard

n. [O. Fr. tanquart, O. D. tancklaerd, perhaps, by a metathesis, from Lat. cantharus, Gr. κάνθαρος; Ir. & Gael. tancard. Cf. supra.] A large vessel for liquors, or a drinking vessel, with a cover.

Marius was the first who drank out of a silver tankard, after the manner of Bacchus. Arbuthnot.

a. Of, or pertaining to, a tankard or tankards; hence, convivial; festive; jovial.