pothook Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire

WordNet

Pot"hook` noun
Definitions
  1. An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.
  2. A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing. "I long to be spelling her Arabic scrawls and pothooks." Dryden.

Webster 1913