POTHOOK


Meaning of POTHOOK in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: Middle English pothoke, from pot (I) + hoke, hok, hook hook

1. : a hook in the form of a long or short S for hanging pots over an open fire from a crane or a bar in the throat of a chimney — called also hake

2. : an iron collar worn as punishment especially by a captured runaway slave — usually used in plural

3.

a.

(1) : a written letter or character resembling a pothook in shape and used in teaching writing — see hanger 4

(2) : writing marked by letters so formed

it is impossible to decipher her pothooks

b. slang : a nine of any suit in a pack of playing cards

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.