fish kettle en · NOUN
Meanings
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A type of large pan, usually long with rounded corners, used to steam fish.
They all looked directly at the ſcullion,—the ſcullion had juſt been ſcouring a fiſh-kettle.
1762, [Laurence Sterne], chapter IX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume V, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […], →OCLC, page 52:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fish-kettle | alternative | lexicographic | |
| fishkettle | alternative | lexicographic | |
| fish kettles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
it pesciera (Translations)