pitch kettlen.

Brit.

/ˈpɪtʃ ˌkɛtl/, U.S.

/ˈpɪtʃ ˌkɛd(ə)l/

Forms: see pitch n.¹ and kettle n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pitch n.¹, kettle n.

Etymology: < pitch n.¹ + kettle n. Compare earlier pitch pot n. at pitch n.¹ Compounds 2.

Now historical.

A large vessel in which pitch is heated or boiled, esp. for use on a ship.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessel in which liquid is boiled > [noun] > vessel for heating oil, size, etc. > specific

pitch pot1295

pitch kettle1420

glue-pot1483

paste-kettle1825

1420 Foreign Accts. 3 Henry VI (Public Rec. Office) G/2 In j cacabo ferri vocato piche ketelle.

1486 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 15 A pitch ketle..for the same Ship.

1540 Inventory in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 1/161) f. 66 ^v Item A pyche ketyll & ij Iren pottes.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 74 Euen those that attend vppon the pitch-kettle, will bee druncke to my good fortunes, and recommendums.

1601 in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1965) X. 71 For the lene of ane peik cetell 3 dayis.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 271 I..bad him heat another Pitch-Kettle.

1774 Duchess of Northumberland Diary 19 May (1926) 215 The military Stores here of all kinds is surprizing; none astonish'd me so much as the number of pitch kettles, of wch I am persuaded I saw several hundred thousand.

1835 Metrop. Mag. July 325 A large globular iron pot..like a carpenter's pitch kettle.

1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son lx. 607 He chose..his old neighbourhood, down among the mast, oar,..pitch-kettles, sailors, canals..and other soothing objects.

1909 E. M. Slayden Jrnl. 26 June (1963) xiv. 127 A week of reeking humidity, the streets like hot rubber all day, and at night giving off heat and odor like a pitch kettle.

1953 New Eng. Q. 26 61 She remembered..the clutter of the ship's timber, the smell of the hemp, and the pitch kettles boiling.

1957 R. Lister Decorative Wrought Ironwork. Gloss. 231 Pitch kettle, in repoussé work, a cauldron used for melting pitch.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pitch kettle
释义	pitch kettlen. Brit. /ˈpɪtʃ ˌkɛtl/, U.S. /ˈpɪtʃ ˌkɛd(ə)l/ Forms: see pitch n.¹ and kettle n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pitch n.¹, kettle n. Etymology: < pitch n.¹ + kettle n. Compare earlier pitch pot n. at pitch n.¹ Compounds 2. Now historical. A large vessel in which pitch is heated or boiled, esp. for use on a ship. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessel in which liquid is boiled > [noun] > vessel for heating oil, size, etc. > specific pitch pot1295 pitch kettle1420 glue-pot1483 paste-kettle1825 1420 Foreign Accts. 3 Henry VI (Public Rec. Office) G/2 In j cacabo ferri vocato piche ketelle. 1486 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 15 A pitch ketle..for the same Ship. 1540 Inventory in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 1/161) f. 66 ^v Item A pyche ketyll & ij Iren pottes. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 74 Euen those that attend vppon the pitch-kettle, will bee druncke to my good fortunes, and recommendums. 1601 in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1965) X. 71 For the lene of ane peik cetell 3 dayis. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 271 I..bad him heat another Pitch-Kettle. 1774 Duchess of Northumberland Diary 19 May (1926) 215 The military Stores here of all kinds is surprizing; none astonish'd me so much as the number of pitch kettles, of wch I am persuaded I saw several hundred thousand. 1835 Metrop. Mag. July 325 A large globular iron pot..like a carpenter's pitch kettle. 1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son lx. 607 He chose..his old neighbourhood, down among the mast, oar,..pitch-kettles, sailors, canals..and other soothing objects. 1909 E. M. Slayden Jrnl. 26 June (1963) xiv. 127 A week of reeking humidity, the streets like hot rubber all day, and at night giving off heat and odor like a pitch kettle. 1953 New Eng. Q. 26 61 She remembered..the clutter of the ship's timber, the smell of the hemp, and the pitch kettles boiling. 1957 R. Lister Decorative Wrought Ironwork. Gloss. 231 Pitch kettle, in repoussé work, a cauldron used for melting pitch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1420
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