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. OriginLate 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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