washpot

noun

: a pot for washing: such as

a

: a large metal pot used outdoors for boiling clothes over an open fire

playing out there in the yard … around an old fire-blackened washpot

—F. B. Gipson

b

: a pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated in tinplate manufacturing

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