brandreth

American  

[bran-drith] / ˈbræn drɪθ /

Or brandrith

noun

1. a wooden fence around a well.

2. an iron tripod or trivet placed over a fire.

3. any similar support or framework.

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Etymology

Origin of brandreth

1350–1400; Middle English < Old Norse brandreith grate, equivalent to brand brand + reith vehicle (cognate with road, raid ); replacing Old English brandrād trivet and brandrida fire-grate

Example Sentences

She sat on a three-legg’d steal, and a dim coal smook’d within the rim of a brandreth, oor which a seety rattencreak hung dangling fra a black randletree.

From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)