pot-ear
[f. pot n.1 + ear n.1]
1. The ‘ear’ or handle of a pot.
| c 1425 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 660/26 Hec anca, potere. 1483 Cath. Angl. 288/2 A Potte ere, ansa, ansula. |
2. Geol. (pl.) See quot.
| 1839 Murchison Silur. Syst. i. ii. 18 The quarries..exhibited the following beds of the Marlstone. 1. Lightish yellow micaceous sandstone full of Belemnites. 2. ‘Pot-ears’, bluish gray calcareous grit, quarried for troughs. 3. ‘Pendle’. |