Spit Rack

| View Cart ⇗ | Info

“An iron rack, formerly used, on which a spit was hung before a fire. A common form was that of a pair of tall andirons fitted with hooks to support the ends of the spit.” —Whitney, 1889

Illustration of meat being cooked over a fire.

Source

William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5845

Downloads

TIFF (full resolution)

2556×2932, 828.4 KiB

Large GIF

892×1024, 192.3 KiB

Medium GIF

557×640, 98.1 KiB

Small GIF

278×320, 35.7 KiB