| 释义 |
pot-clip north. dial.
[f. pot n.1 + clip n.1 2; cf. pot-kilp.]
A contrivance for suspending a pot or cauldron having no ‘boul’, consisting of two iron rods jointed together, with hooks at the free ends to catch hold of the ears or brim of the pot.
1459–60Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 89, ij par del Pot⁓clyppez. 1465Ibid. 244 Item j par de potclyps. 1567Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) I. 266 One broule Iron, vij speights, iiij pair of pottclipps. 1691Ray N.C. Words 136 Pot cleps, pot-hooks, from clip or clap, because they clap or catch hold of the pot. 1825in Brockett N.C. Gloss. |