Kessel.
a solid metal container or pot, often large, used to boil liquids: a kettle, cauldron, boiler, etc.
Meaning & usage
a solid metal container or pot, often large, used to boil liquids: a kettle, cauldron, boiler, etc.
an area in which the enemy (or game) is encircled; a pocket or besieged area (by extension also the siege itself)
der Kessel von Stalingrad
an area in which the enemy (or game) is encircled; a pocket or besieged area (by extension also the siege itself) ellipsis of Polizeikessel: kettling, a police tactic to surround and contain demonstrators
the lair of certain animals such as fox, badger, rabbit, and wild boar
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German keȥȥel, from Old High German keȥȥil, from Proto-West Germanic *katil (“kettle”).
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