bastable

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Etymology[edit]

Unknown. It is believed by some to be a corruption of Barnstaple, which was known for manufacturing metal pots. Compare Barnstaple oven.

Noun[edit]

bastable (plural bastables)

  1. (Ireland) A cast iron pot that is suspended over an open fire, often with hot coals placed on the lid for more even cooking.
    • 1997, Diarmaid Ó Muirithe, A Word in Your Ear, →ISBN, page 61:
      There was no such thing as a bastable in those days.
    • 2001, Trevor Norton, Reflections on a Summer Sea, page 70:
      Erika cooked over a turf fire and roasted meat in a bastable perched over the flames.
    • 2006, Carla Blake, The Irish Cookbook, →ISBN, page 12:
      We'd always have it stewed in a bastable hung over the kitchen fire way back in those days.

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