jackshay, -shea Australia.
(ˈdʒækʃeɪ)
[Origin unknown.]
A tin quart-pot.
| 1881 A. C. Grant Bush Life Queensland I. 209 (Morris) Hobbles and Jack Shays hang from the saddle dees. Note, A tin quart-pot, used for boiling water for tea, and contrived so as to hold within it a tin pint-pot. 1890 Melbourne Argus 14 June 4/1 His ration bags are beside his head, and his jackshea..stands by the fire. 1893 Mrs. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker III. 140 The tin billys, and pint pots and jackshays, strung together by a saddle strap. |