1A space formed by both hands cupped together to form a bowl.
he had a guinea pig in his gowpen
Example sentencesExamples
I was in the cooking lab cupping pieces of marinated fish in my gowpen and getting the oil ready to fry them.
1.1A quantity that fills both hands cupped together.
a gowpen of the sugar
Example sentencesExamples
He plunged his hand into his pocket, and brought out a gowpen of coins.
He took a gowpen of his own double chins, hoisting his head erect.
She took three gowpens of water and carried them home in her pail.
Before you even peek in the considering glass, take a gowpen of water and throw it over your face.
You come here with a very singular story, and nowt to back it but a glib tongue and your smooth, innocent-like young face—and you go back hame with a heaped gowpen of gold.
Origin
Middle English: from Old Norse gaupn, from Old High German.