Meaning of teache | Babel Free
Definitions
One of the series of boilers in which the cane juice is treated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series.
Examples
“1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, pp. xcv-xcvi, […] when the liquor is reduced sufficiently, so as to be contained in the third smaller copper, it is ladled into that, and so on to the last⟳, called the teache, so named probably from the practice, at this stage⟳ of the process⟳, of trying the consistency of the boiled juice by the touch⟳.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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