ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
: a pot for washing: as
a. : a large metal pot used outdoors for boiling clothes over an open fire
playing out there in the yard … around an old fire-blackened washpot — F.B.Gipson
b. : a pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated in tinplate manufacturing