(A) A leather flask for carrying oil or other liquids. (b) A kind of jug with a pear-shaped body and a handle.
Late 19th century. From ancient Greek ὄλπη leather oil-flask, ewer, wine jug, perhaps from the Indo-European base of salve.
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