DCHP-1 Online
watap kettle Obs. 
a watertight vessel woven of or sewn with watap, used by Indians for cooking.
See also: watap
- 1793 (1801) When she had finished her operation, she filled a watape kettle nearly full of water, and poured the roes into it.
- 1812 (1890) They live principally upon fish, and are not over delicate in their manner of preparing and dressing it, particularly with their wattap kettles, and very few of the Natives can afford copper or brass kettles of any size suitable for a family.
- 1824 (1955) From the Pot Hook they seem to have Kettles or a Kettle also Watap Kettles Wooden & Bark dishes.
- 1793 (1801) When she had finished her operation, she filled a watape kettle nearly full of water, and poured the roes into it.