hotte.
carrying basket, burden basket
Meaning & usage
carrying basket, burden basket
la hotte du Père Noël
chimney flue
hood (metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes) kitchen hood, extractor hood (electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking)
hood (metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes) fume hood (ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Frankish *hotta (“basket”). Compare regional German Hotte. Sense “flue” from the trapezoid shape of a reversed carrying basket.
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