the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A small earthen boiler.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A small earthen pot, with or without a cover and with a horizontal handle.
n. A small wooden tub the handle of which is formed by the vertical prolongation of one of the staves.
Word Usage
"She took a pipkin from the hearth, where a small fire burned, though it was summer weather, as Dickie could see by the green tree-tops that swayed and moved outside in the sun, poured some gruel out of it into a silver basin."