caldero

caldero, ~onus, ~ona [cf. OF chaudron] , metal pot for hot water, cauldron. Cf. caldaria 1. 1290 pro ij magnis ~onibus, iij ollis, xxxvij patellis magnis eneis AcWardr (ChancMisc 4/5) f. 3 (cf. ib. 4v: liberat’ ‥ ad coquinam regis j magnus ~onus); 1303 duodena patellarum et caldronum furnicis debet ij d. (Berwick) EEC 166 (cf. ib.: similiter de ollis et caldronis, bacinis et poscenetis); 1537 in j patella, j cawdrena et ketyllo Ac. Churchw. Bath 114.