How to pronounce“hod”in English
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Definitions of “hod”
To bob up and down on horseback, as an inexperienced rider may do; to jog.
“To have caught young wild ducks—a dozen— / So we "hodded" them in a hat to town, / To get them "pot-luck"—at least a "shake down," / With some tame, domestic cousin.”
A three-sided box mounted on a pole for carrying bricks, mortar, or other construction materials over the shoulder.
“Oiſeau: […] a Hodd; the Tray vvherein Maſons, &c, carrie their Mortar.”
The amount of material held by a hod (sense 1); a hodful.
“[T]he women do the hardest work—carry hods of mortar, unload vessels, drive oxen, &c. …”