cauldron

[an extension of cauldron a large kettle or boiler]

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the churning, seething mass of white water at the foot of a cataract.

1826

. . . down they [the waters] tumble, in some places more than one hundred feet, into the cauldrons or kettles beneath. . . .

1877

Beyond that it breaks into curling, gleaming rolls which end off in white, boiling cauldrons, where the water has broken on the rocks underneath.

1964

Old Bytowners tell of more than one fight that ended conclusively in the cauldron beneath Chaudière Falls.