lading-can

Noun.  (dialect) A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler; a piggin.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.