Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sportule \Spor"tule\, n. [L. sportula a little basket, a gift,
   dim. of sporta a basket: cf. F. sortule.]
   A charitable gift or contribution; a gift; an alms; a dole; a
   largess; a sportula. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.