pothook

A bent or hooked piece of iron for hanging a pot or kettle over a fire.

A curved iron rod with a hooked end used for lifting hot pots, irons, or stove lids.

A curved, S-shaped mark made in writing.

Illegible handwriting or aimless scribbling.

Stenographic writing.

A hook, secured in a chimney in any manner (as upon a crane), for supporting a pot over a fire.

A short bar or rod of iron, usually curved, and with a hook at the end, used to lift hot pots, irons, or stove-lids from a stove.

A letter, character, or curve shaped like a pothook (def. 1); an elementary character consisting of a stroke terminating in a curve, practised upon by children in learning to write; hence, any irregular, straggling written character. Also pot-hanger.

An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.