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单词 rantle-tree
释义

rantle-tree

/ˈranltriː/
Chiefly Scottish, English regional (northern ), and Irish English
noun
A bar of wood or iron fixed horizontally across a chimney, from which the chain or hook for holding cooking pots is hung.

Origin

Late 17th century; earliest use found in George Sinclair (d.?1696), natural philosopher. Apparently from rantle + tree, perhaps after Norwegian regional randa-tre, randar-tre beam or bolt above a fire from which pots were hung.

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