[f. CASE sb.2]
a. A bottle, often square, made to fit into a case with others. b. A bottle protected by a case.
1719. De Foe, Crusoe (1840), I. vi. 108. I filled a large square case-bottle with water.
1815. Scott, Guy M., xxiv. A case-bottle of brandy.
1851. Thackeray, Eng. Hum., V. (1858), 244. Under their arms, sword, hanger, and case-bottle.