English Dictionary

lading-can

名詞

方言 歴史的

(dialect, historical) A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler.

日本語の意味

方言・歴史的な用語。ボイラーから熱湯を取り出す際に用いられる、2～3クォート（約1.9～2.8リットル）の容量を持つ錫製の缶

Every morning my grandfather would take the lading-can to the boiler and fill it with hot water for washing.

毎朝、祖父はボイラーから熱湯を汲み出すためのブリキ缶を持ってきて、洗い物用に熱湯を入れていた。

意味（1）

(dialect, historical) A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler.

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

意味（2）

(dialect, historical) 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.

lading-cans （ plural ）