单词 | pot-oven |
释义 | pot-ovenn. 1. A kiln in which pottery is fired. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > kiln > [noun] > pottery kilns pot-oven1702 biscuit oven1768 gloss-oven1825 glaze-kiln1839 porcelain kiln1848 grand feu1850 smother-kiln1851 bisque1853 muffle kiln1853 muffle1875 1702 R. Thoresby Diary 16 Mar. (1830) I. 356 Then by Allerthorpe..and Silk-house, to the Pott-ovens,..where I stayed a little to observe..the manner of building the furnaces. 1746 New Gen. Coll. Voy. & Trav. III. v. 335 On this Piece of Ground he built Brick Kilns and Pot-Ovens. 1878 L. Jewitt Ceramic Art xiii. 528 In his will, dated 29th of January, 1728..this Caleb Glover ‘of Pott-ovens, pott-maker’..leaves all his ‘working tools belonging to the trade of a potmaker, and the pot oven’. 1919 Times 19 Apr. 6/5 There are..about six small pot-ovens at Armitage. 1971 P. C. D. Brears Eng. Country Pottery 225 In 1798, John Morton & Sons assessed for their pot-ovens at Sinderhills. 2. British regional (chiefly Irish English and Manx English). A heated piece of metal, covered by a pot, for slow-cooking or keeping warm bread, cakes, etc. Now rare (chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > oven > other types of oven broiling-iron1562 broil-iron1567 apple roaster1637 bread oven1745 pot-oven1750 Dutch oven1769 caboose1779 roaster1796 gas oven1810 kitchen1826 tandoor1840 water oven1848 ti-oven1896 roaster oven1940 1750 R. Pococke Trav. (1888) I. 135 Pot-ovens, a round piece of iron which is heated, on which the bread is put, and then it is cover'd over with a pot, on which they heap the embers to keep in the heat. 1899 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Some Experiences Irish R.M. 189 Her potato-cakes came in hot..from a pot-oven. 1912 T. C. Murray Maurice Harte 11 I left a cake in the pot-oven nearly half an hour ago. 1934 W. W. Gill Manx Dial. ii. 90 A pot-oven baked as well on the top of the turf-fire as under it; the lid was made flat so as to hold fire on the top. Nothing in these days can cook a bit of meat so well. 2002 R. Murphy Kick (2003) 265 Then I had to boil a kettle on the turf fire and make tea for her, giving her soda bread from the pot-oven and butter from the churn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1702 |
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