English

Noun

grace-cup ‎(plural grace-cups)

1. The final drink passed round after grace at the end of a feast, meal etc.; a parting drink.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.5.1.v:

     as a corollary to conclude the feast and continue their mirth, a grace-cup came in to cheer their hearts, and they drank healths to one another again and again.