nursing bottle

a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.

Origin of nursing bottle

First recorded in 1860–65

Then he wanted to know what was in Souris' pack, whether I carried condensed milk for my nursing-bottle.

The Princess Passes |Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson
He is fed by means of a nursing-bottle made of a yard of rubber hose and a large funnel.

Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 |Various
She held on to the baby, and Mrs. Dennison, putting on her hat and coat, went in search of a nursing-bottle.

The Precipice |Elia Wilkinson Peattie
We do not find it necessary to feed our patriotism with a nursing-bottle.

Germany and the Germans |Price Collier

Mr. Billings looked at the nursing-bottle, and then he drew out his watch and looked at that.

The Water Goats and Other Troubles |Ellis Parker Butler

nursing bottle

another term (esp US) for feeding bottle