rackan

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noun

A chain or bar drilled with holes to accommodate pot-hooks from which cooking vessels can be suspended over a fire; a pot-hook.

OriginMiddle English rakente ← Old English racente ← Proto-Germanic *rakintǭ →
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Meanings

nounrackan (plural rackans)

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

  1. Northern EnglandUKdialectalA chain or bar drilled with holes to accommodate pot-hooks from which cooking vessels can be suspended over a fire; a pot-hook.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*reǵ-“to bind”
  2. Proto-Germanic*rakintǭ“fetter”
  3. Old Englishracente“chain, fetter”
  4. Middle Englishrakente
  5. Englishrackan

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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