Leather Water Bottle

[Peter A. McGraw]

I've always heard the vessel you describe called a "wine skin."  Water???

Peter Mc.

--On Friday, May 11, 2001 7:30 PM +0200 Grant Barrett
<gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG> wrote:

> I've been digging around for a couple of days on this one:
>
> What's a word for a leather water bottle? The kind used in deserts, old
> movies set in medieval times: they're flat when empty, jiggling when
> full, and if you've got the skill you can tilt your head back and aim for
> your mouth. Stitching on the side. Maybe an old goat gut.
>
> --
> Grant Barrett
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                               Peter A. McGraw
                   Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
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