cramiere

[< Cdn F cramière < F crémaillière pothook]

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a device consisting of an upright axle and a horizontal arm to swing kettles and pots on and off an open fire.

Quotations

1854

[. . . a wooden crane renewed when burnt through, swings over the fire and suspends the family pot, tea and bake kettle.]

1947

Mr. Pennock also ran across the camboose pile and old "cramiere" of another camp, which he says may still be seen. . . .

1964

From one of the four posts that supported the chimney [of the camboose] swung the "cramiere" or crane that held the big pots over the fire.