bleeding bowls
- Scope note
- Shallow bowls from 4 to 6 inches in diameter, with one flat handle usually flush with the rim, employed by barber-surgeons of the 17th and 18th centuries in bleeding a patient. In England the term is also sometimes applied to what in America is known as porringers.
- Date of creation: 06-May-2024
Accepted term: 06-May-2024