coal scuttle (kolskut"l)

A ve el, ordinarily of metal, used for holding coal and putting it on a fire; a coal-hod. - Coal-scuttle bonnet, a bonnet formerly worn, shaped somewhat like a coal-scuttle, usually projecting far before the face. Mi Snevellici. glancing from the depths of her Dickens, Nicholas Nickle by, xxiii. coal-scuttle bonnet. IMG:content-0690.png:[blocks in formation] Since scarcely ever wash'd the coalsleck from her face. Drayton , Polyolbion, iii. 280. coal-smut (kõl's mut), n. Same as coal - slack . coal-staith (kōl'stāth), n. See staith .