sagger

[ sag-er ]

noun

1. a box or case made of refractory baked clay in which the finer ceramic wares are enclosed and protected while baking.
2. a hard unlayered clay underlying many coal beds.

verb (used with object)

1. to place in or on a sagger.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sagger¹

First recorded in 1680–90; perhaps variant of safeguard

Example Sentences

The last sagger of each bung is covered with an unbaked one, three inches deep, in place of a round lid.

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The brisk and long flame which it yields dips into the tunnels, penetrates the kiln, and circulates round the sagger-piles.

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A cream or buff body is all that is necessary, therefore, and the foundation of this is a clay known as sagger clay.

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Bats and props are best made of sagger clay to which has been added about one-third of crushed fire-brick.

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In fact,   there is an entire section in the clay-shop devoted to nothing but sagger making.

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