go-ashore

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


an iron pot or cauldron, withthree iron feet, and two ears, from which it was suspended bya wire handle over the fire. It is a corruption of the Maoriword Kohua (q.v.), by the law of Hobson-Jobson.

1849. W. Tyrone Power, `Sketches in New Zealand with Pen andPencil,' p. 160:

«Engaged in the superintendence of a Maori oven, or a hugegipsy-looking cauldron, called a `go-ashore.'»

1877. An Old Colonist, `Colonial Experiences,' p. 124:

«A large go-ashore, or three-legged pot, of the size and shapeof the cauldron usually introduced in the witch scene inMacbeth.»

1879. C. L. Innes, `Canterbury Sketches,' p. 23:

«There was another pot, called by the euphonious name of a

`Go-ashore,' which used to hang by a chain over the fire.

This was used for boiling.»

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