hod
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
a coal scuttle.
Origin of hod
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How to use hod in a sentence
Fig. 341 shows how to make and how to use firewood hods on farms or at permanent camps.
The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft | Dan BeardSuccess began to look not like an aurora, but like a solid structure built of bricks that must be carried in hods.
Jewel Weed | Alice Ames WinterThey built that big new Kaiserbad building: mixed the mortar, carried the hods, and laid the stone.
The March Family Trilogy, Complete | William Dean HowellsI always think of it when I read these crazy directions for making furniture out of coal-hods and things.
The Wyndam Girls | Marion Ames TaggartOh that's a squad of Irishmen; don't you see how the hair's all worn off their heads a carrying brick hods on 'em?
Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick, | Ann S. Stephens
British Dictionary definitions for hod
/ (hɒd) /
an open metal or plastic box fitted with a handle, for carrying bricks, mortar, etc
a tall narrow coal scuttle
Origin of hod
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