Meaning of waterbasket | Babel Free

Definitions

A basket that is woven tightly enough for carrying liquids, especially water.

Examples

“There was a — what is it called — a big waterbasket lying there. His mother had practically filled it with what she was gathering and was ready to go home.”

“That is where the Squaw Dance started; and that is where the hand-bundle (drumstick) for beating the waterbasket originated.”

“Horda pulverized a small amount of mugwort and willow bark and set it in a waterbasket to brew into strong tea.”

“Apt decided her visitor's arrival would be a while yet, so went back to her cottage to fetch some sweet-root scones and a woven birch waterbasket of herbal tea.”

“For the first time he smokes, and for a wonder he creates a house "with smoke coming out of it—that is, a real domestic house, manmade as it were, out of which steps a beautiful woman, already carrying a waterbasket.”

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