pot-clip north. dial.
[f. pot n.1 + clip n.1 2; cf. pot-kilp.]
A contrivance for suspending a pot or cauldron having no ‘boul’, consisting of two iron rods jointed together, with hooks at the free ends to catch hold of the ears or brim of the pot.
| 1459–60 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 89, ij par del Pot⁓clyppez. 1465 Ibid. 244 Item j par de potclyps. 1567 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) I. 266 One broule Iron, vij speights, iiij pair of pottclipps. 1691 Ray N.C. Words 136 Pot cleps, pot-hooks, from clip or clap, because they clap or catch hold of the pot. 1825 in Brockett N.C. Gloss. |