DCHP-1 Online
scoop-bearer 
n. See quotes.
See also: scoop ((n.))
- 1891 Next day they laid long timbers across the top of the wall, resting them in the middle on four great posts they called "scoop-bearers."
- 1961 These scoops, supported by two long timbers ("scoop bearers") that stretched from one gable to the other, were laid side by side, hollow side up, sloping from the low peak to the eaves [of the shanty].
- 1891 Next day they laid long timbers across the top of the wall, resting them in the middle on four great posts they called "scoop-bearers."