DCHP-2
cauldron caldron [an extension of cauldron a large kettle or boiler] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the churning, seething mass of white water at the foot of a cataract.
See also: chaudière kettle ((1)) (def. 1)
- 1826 (1829) . . . down they [the waters] tumble, in some places more than one hundred feet, into the cauldrons or kettles beneath. . . .
- 1877 Beyond that it breaks into curling, gleaming rolls which end off in white, boiling cauldrons, where the water has broken on the rocks underneath.
- 1964 Old Bytowners tell of more than one fight that ended conclusively in the cauldron beneath Chaudière Falls.
- 1826 (1829) . . . down they [the waters] tumble, in some places more than one hundred feet, into the cauldrons or kettles beneath. . . .