[Sca-cooks] Re: Sca-cooks digest, Vol 1 #430 - 20 msgs

[Volker Bach]

I can't quite shake loose the feeling that 'jack'
might have been the Middle English equivalent of
'thingamajig', given just how many things I've
heard it describe (tankards made of leather,
nonmetallic brigantine armor, a wooden block to
support stuff, a sailmakers tool...)

Giano


margali schrieb:
>
> A jack is a tankard made of leather [typically ;-)]
> margali
> --
> ~~~~~
> The Quote Starts Here:
> > Do I even _want_ to know what a nice embossed leather jack is?
> > especially with this crew?
> > --maire
> >
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