hod

Meaning

Noun

1. A three-sided box mounted on a pole for carrying bricks, mortar, or other construction materials over the shoulder.
2. The amount of material held by a hod (sense 1); a hodful.
3. A blowpipe used by a pewterer.
4. A bookmaker's bag.
5. (US, dialectal) A receptacle for carrying coal, particularly one shaped like a bucket which is designed for loading coal or coke through the door of a firebox.

Verb

To bob up and down on horseback, as an inexperienced rider may do; to jog.

Synonyms

basket

🧺

bucket

🪣

ears

👂

pan

scuttle

tray

trough

trug

washtub

dolly-tub

Translations

mortelbak

hotte

sparviere

cuezo

الصندوق

trog

capacho

oiseau

🐦

cabàs

🧺

Steinbrett

πηλοφόρι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɒd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hott

Cognate with French: hotte

Cognate with Middle Dutch: hotten

Cognate with German: Hotte

In summary

Probably an alteration of hot (“(Northern England, Scotland) large basket for carrying earth, etc.”), from Middle English hott, hote, hotte (“large basket or pannier for carrying earth, etc.; unit of measure for grain; hut or shed (perhaps originally of wattlework); lump of dirt (?)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman and Old French hote, hotte (“large basket carried on the back”) (modern French hotte (“carrying basket”)), from Frankish *hotta (“basket”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *hud- (“to shake”) (see further at etymology 1), ultimately an onomatopoeia of the swaying movement of such a basket (compare Middle Dutch hotten (“to jolt; shake”)).
Cognates
German Hotte (“wooden basket carried on the back; (specifically) basket for collecting grapes from a vineyard”) (Rhineland, Swabia), Hutte (“basket for collecting grapes from a vineyard”) (Alsace, Switzerland)
Late Latin hotta, hottus (“hod”)