Coal scuttle
A coal scuttle, sometimes spelled coalscuttle and also called a hod, "coal bucket", or "coal pail", is a bucket-like container for holding a small, intermediate supply of coal convenient to an indoor coal-fired stove or heater. It is usually made of metal and shaped as a vertical cylinder or truncated cone, with the open top slanted for pouring coal on a fire. It may have one or two handles.[1] Homes that don't use coal sometimes use a coal scuttle decoratively.
The word scuttler comes, via Middle English and Old English, from the Latin word Scutula, meaning a shallow pan.[2]
References
- ^ Runyan, W. R. "1001 Words and Phrases You Never Knew You Didn't Know". thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "Wiktionary: Scutula". Wiktionary.org. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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