Cask-washing-chain
identifier
ID 862
morphology
craft
craft
holotype
MOT V 2002.0244 L=170cm WD=2cm WT=1950gr
alias
brush-chain (syn.) (QUICKE: 67)
description
Chain with square or S-shaped links that is shaken in a barrel to clean it. Often a weight is attached to one end and a wooden or iron toggle to the other.
Sometimes the links can be covered with horsehair (1). [MOT]
(1) Eg. fig. 30 in QUICKE: 67.
