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pouldringe tub

pouldringe tub is the alternative form of powdering tub.

Meaning of powdering tub

Noun

powdering tub (plural powdering tubs)

  1. (archaic) a tub in which the meat was powdered or salted; a salting tub, pickling tub or powdering trough.
  2. (obsolete) A heated tub for the treatment of venereal disease by sweating.
  3. (obsolete, slang) the pocky Hospital at Kingsland near London.

Forms of pouldringe tub

pluralpouldringe tubs

Questions about pouldringe tub

What is pouldringe tub the alternative form of?
Pouldringe tub is the alternative form of powdering tub.

Words near pouldringe tub in the dictionary

  1. poulards
  2. pouldavis
  3. poulder
  4. poulderinge tubbe
  5. poulders
  6. pouldringe tub
  7. pouldron
  8. pouldrons
  9. poule
  10. poules
  11. poulette sauce

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pouldringe tub (page history and authors); powdering tub (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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