Pothook

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pothook \Pot"hook`\, n.
     1. An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over
        an open fire.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a


        scrawled writing. "I long to be spelling her Arabic
        scrawls and pothooks." --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pothook
       n : an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire