Meaning of "to drain a bumper"

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Hello, ;-)

What does "to drain a bumper" mean?

The complete sentence is:
The king drained a bumper to his "Cousin Rudolf", as he was gracious -or merry- enough to call me;


From The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope (1894) - Oxford Classics paperback 2009 - chapter 3 - page 26 -
 
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Guilherme, I have added the year when the novel was written to your otherwise excellent attribution.

This is to indicate to other students that 'to drain a bumper' is not modern English.
 
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