lading-can (English, noun)
expansion: lading-can (plural lading-cans)
Senses:
glosses: A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler.
tags: dialectal
historical
glosses: A smaller vessel, often graduated for volume, used by traditional grocers for measuring goods such as sugar or rice from bulk to retailable quantities; a piggin.
tags: dialectal
historical
Forms:
form: lading-cans
tags: plural