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tournette Archæol.|tʊəˈnɛt|
[a. Fr., f. tourner to turn.]
A rotating disc resembling a potter's wheel. Also attrib.
1927Peake & Fleure Peasants & Potters iv. 47 The pots were made on a tournette, a slow wheel turned by hand. 1952V. G. Childe New Light on Most Anc. East xi. 235 Centrally perforated stone discs some 20 cm. in diameter have been called ‘tournettes’. 1964H. Hodges Artifacts i. 27 Ring or coil-built pots are generally flat-bottomed since they are frequently formed on a turn⁓table, or tournette. 1977Antiquaries Jrnl. LVII. 317 The upper fills of such pits can often be seen as discarded rubbish relating to the use of clay: pot sherds,..loom-weight, and tournette fragments. |