Anglo-Ind. [Hindī chāṭī earthen vessel or pitcher.] An East Indian pot for water; spec. a porous earthen water-pot or jar.
1781. in Lives of Lindsays, III. 285 (Y.). We drank his [majesty’s] health in a chatty of sherbet.
1816. ‘Quiz,’ Grand Master, IV. 92, note. The chatties are vessels made of earth, of little or no value.
1839. Marryat, Phant. Ship, xxxiii. Pedro came in with a chatty of water.
1865. Livingstone, Zambesi, vii. 169. Earthen pots, like Indian chatties.
1887. Pall Mall Gaz., 21 Oct., 11/2. Playing with wooden spoons on brass chatties.
