pothook

[ pot-hook ]

noun

1. a hook for suspending a pot or kettle over an open fire.
2. an iron rod, usually curved, with a hook at the end, used to lift hot pots, irons, stove lids, etc.
3. an S -shaped stroke in writing, especially as made by children in learning to write.

pothook

/ ˈpɒtˌhʊk /

noun

1. a curved or S-shaped hook used for suspending a pot over a fire
2. a long hook used for lifting hot pots, lids, etc
3. an S-shaped mark, often made by children when learning to write

Word History and Origins

Origin of pothook¹

First recorded in 1425–75, pothook is from the late Middle English word pottehok. See pot ¹, hook ¹

Example Sentences

That is barely two years ago—and now here stands Territorial Kantorek, the spell quite broken, with bent knees, arms like pothooks, unpolished buttons and that ludicrous rig-out—an impossible soldier.

From Literature

It was uphill work making pothooks and hangers, having to write rows of a-b, ab, and having to make sure of his alphabet by writing it out from memory.

From Project Gutenberg

I shall not be able to make the most wretched pothooks--my finger is quite swollen.'

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On pothooks and trammels hung the brass and copper kettles, some with a fifteen gallon capacity, and that most beloved pot of iron, which sometimes weighed as much as forty pounds.

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That illustrious individual is not to be stopped here, if I understand the pothooks rightly," said the huntsman; "but we must be certain whether it is him.

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