Meaning & use
Hods
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Plural of hod: open troughs mounted on a pole, used by bricklayers to carry bricks or mortar on the shoulder.
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The laborers filled their hods with mortar before climbing the scaffold.
Rows of empty hods leaned against the wall at the end of the shift.
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The word survives today mainly in the compound "hod carrier," a traditional term for a bricklayer's assistant.
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troughs
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