try pot

See also: trypot and try-pot

English

Try pots on display at the Southampton Historical Museum

Alternative forms

• trypot, try-pot

Etymology

try (“to extract oil from whale blubber”) +‎ pot

Noun

try pot (plural try pots)

1. (nautical) A large pot used to remove and render the oil from blubber obtained from cetaceans, pinnipeds and also to extract oil from penguins.

Translations

large pot used to remove and render the oil from blubber and to extract oil from penguins

• Maori: taraipāta
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Further reading

• try pot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia