rackan

See also: räckan

English

Alternative forms

• reckan, recon, reckin

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English rakente, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English racente (“chain, fetter”) and Old Norse rekendi (“chain”); both from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *rakentǭ (“fetter”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to bind”). Cognate with Old High German rahhenza (“chain”). See also rackle.

Noun

rackan (plural rackans)

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) A chain or bar drilled with holes to accommodate pot-hooks from which cooking vessels can be suspended over a fire; a pot-hook.

Derived terms

• reckan-crook
• reckin-hook