Lading-can
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lading-can is a noun meaning (dialect, historical) A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler.
Meaning
(dialect, historical) A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler.
More Meanings
- (dialect, historical) A smaller vessel, often graduated for volume, used by traditional grocers for measuring goods such as sugar or rice from bulk to retailable quantities; a piggin.
Example Sentences
Hurriedly taking off her bodice, she crouched at the boiler while the water ran slowly into her lading-can.
Word Forms
- lading-cans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include billy-can, ladle, piggin, billycan, tube, cankin.
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