英和和英

語源

tea +‎ kettle

名詞

teakettle (複数形 teakettles)

1. (dated outside US) A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages.
   • 1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter V, in The House of the Seven Gables‎^[1]:

     Phœbe and the fire that boiled the teakettle were equally bright, cheerful, and efficient, in their respective offices.

   • 1869–1870, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter VIII, in An Old-Fashioned Girl, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1870, OCLC 632728863:

     “Such a cunning teakettle and saucepan, and a tete-a-tete set, and lots of good things to eat. Do have toast for tea, Polly, and let me make it with the new toasting fork; it's such fun to play cook.”

派生語

• ass over teakettle
• teakettle groom
• teakettler

関連する語

• tea
• teapot

派生した語

• → Jersey Norman: ticl'ye
• → Welsh: tegell