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rackan

rackan

See also: räckan

English

Alternative forms

Noun

rackan ‎(plural rackans)

  1. (Britain 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

Etymology

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

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