In a 1614 Oxfordshire will I think I found a bequest of a poudaring troue. Poudaring I'm sure of, troue I'm not. Would I likely be right to think that troue could be a 17th-century attempt at trough? And what was a powdering trough used for anyway? Regards, John Moore

Hi John From "British History Online": Powdering trough [powdringe troughe; powdring trough; pouderinge trough; pouddring trough] A TROUGH in which to powder or salt MEAT; in function, though not in shape, identical with a POWDERING TUB. OED earliest date of use: 1612 Allen Williams Sale Cheshire On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:26 -0000, John Moore <johnmoore@rostech.ca> wrote: > In a 1614 Oxfordshire will I think I found a bequest of a poudaring > troue. Poudaring I'm sure of, troue I'm not. Would I likely be right > to think that troue could be a 17th-century attempt at trough? And > what was a powdering trough used for anyway? > > Regards, > John Moore > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/