roching cask

noun

A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution.

OriginFrench roche →
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Meanings

nounroching cask (plural roching casks)

plural roching casks

  1. historicalA tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution.

Origin

  1. Frenchroche“rock”
  2. Englishroching cask

Probably from French roche (“rock”).

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