rackan

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A chain or bar drilled with holes to accommodate pot-hooks from which cooking vessels can be suspended over a fire; a pot-hook. Northern-England,UK,dialectal

词形变化

rackans plural racon alternative rackin alternative racken alternative reckan alternative recon alternative reckin alternative reckon alternative

词源

From Middle English rakente, from Old English racente (“chain, fetter”) and Old Norse rekendi (“chain”); both from Proto-Germanic *rakintǭ (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to bind”). Cognate with Old High German rahhenza (“chain”). See also rackle.
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