Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pothook"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pothook \Pot"hook`\, n.
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

pothook
n : an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire


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