chimney-potn.
1. A cylindrical (sometimes prismatic or square-shaped) pipe of earthenware, sheet-metal, etc., fitted on the top of a chimney-shaft, to increase the up-draught and carry off the smoke: a chimney-can.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > chimney > chimney-pot
pig1683
pot1785
can1805
chimney-can1805
old wife1823
old woman1829
chimney-pot1830
chimney cap1847
tallboy1884
1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 13 Why a church is with a steeple built; And a house with a chimneypot?
1883 Harper's Mag. Nov. 829/2 The painter has left his garret among the London chimney-pots.
2. chimney-pot hat: a colloquial name for the cylindrical black silk hat worn by men in the latter part of the 19th cent. Also elliptically chimney-pot. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > cylindrical > top hat > silk
silk hat1546
plug1848
chimney-pot hat1851
plug hat1860
box hat1864
shiner1867
1851 Expositor 4 Jan. 145/1 The absurdity of the ‘Chimney-pot’ and ‘Coal-scuttle’ covering for the head at present in use.
1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray II. xii. 244 Middle-aged men..in swallow-tailed coats and black trousers, with chimney-pot hats.
1868 Mask Apr. 87 The chimney-pot hat, the ugliest European head-dress known.
1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. i. 33 So off went that penitential chimney-pot leaving such a great red line round his forehead.
1885 Graphic 14 Feb. 165/3 Wearing a chimney-pot hat and a white rosette.
1899 A. D. Godley Lyra Frivola 39 My Chimney-pot, farewell!
1907 Westm. Gaz. 25 July 10/1 The chimney-pot is so called because in Germany only the sweeps wear them.
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