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† ˈpot-ˌhanger Obs. [f. pot n.1 + hanger2.] A device for hanging a pot or kettle over the fire; a series of links, a rack, or a bar with a series of holes, on which a pot-hook or crook could be hung at different heights; = hanger2 4 d. Mostly in pl.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Cramaillére, the pot hanger. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Llares o ollares, pot⁓hangers, ollares catenæ. 1608Willet Hexapla Exod. 235 They sate by the pot hangers, whereon they vsed to hang their pots. 1617in W. F. Shaw Mem. Eastry (1870) 227 Three brass stupens [stewpans], one payer of pott⁓hangers. 1642in Archives Maryland (1887) IV. 94, 1 Pot⁓hanger and potthooks. 1678–84Littleton Lat. Dict., Climacter,..pot-hanger or pot-hooks. |