pitchin.

1896 E. C. Stirling in B. Spencer Rep. Horn Sci. Expedition Cent. Austral. IV. 98 The name ‘Pitchi’..is in general use, by the whites of the parts traversed by the Expedition, for the wooden vessels used for carrying food and water and, occasionally, infants.

1899 W. B. Spencer & F. J. Gillen Native Tribes Central Austral. 586 The best pitchis, made of bean tree, are the work of groups of natives who live out to the west of Alice Springs.

1914 Man 14 129 Pieces of green bark of the shape indicated are still used in many parts of Australia in the manufacture of food and water carriers, known as ‘coolemans’ or ‘pitchis’.

1931 I. L. Idriess Lasseter's Last Ride (1933) xvi. 128 In little canoe-shaped pitchis of wood some women carried native foods.

1936 C. Chewings Back in Stone Age 1 All the women and most of the young girls carried wooden trays, or pittjis, mostly shallow..and twice as long as they were broad.

1959 S. H. Courtier Death in Dream Time viii. 112 While his thumbs bleed, the elders bring a pitchi, a wooden vessel, and catch the blood.

1970 ‘E. Lindall’ Gathering of Eagles x. 119 In her hands..was a wooden pitchi full of water.

1998 S. D. Gill Storytracking vii. 196 The first one [sc. narrative] accounts for the name Uritchimpa, meaning ‘the place of the pitchis.’