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poultering tub

poultering 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 poultering tub

pluralpoultering tubs

Questions about poultering tub

What is poultering tub the alternative form of?
Poultering tub is the alternative form of powdering tub.

Words near poultering tub in the dictionary

  1. poulter's measures
  2. poulterer
  3. poulterers
  4. poulteress
  5. poulteresses
  6. poultering tub
  7. poulters
  8. poultice
  9. poultice pavement
  10. poultice pavements
  11. poulticed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poultering 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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