English

Noun

lading-can ‎(plural lading-cans)

1. (dialect, historical) A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler; also a smaller vessel, often graduated for volume, used by traditional grocers for measuring goods such as sugar or rice from bulk to retailable quantities; a piggin.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5

     Hurriedly taking off her bodice, she crouched at the boiler while the water ran slowly into her lading-can.