jan 1, 1664 - cowl
Description:
A cowl was a tub or cask for holding or transporting water. The OED says that it was applied especially to a tub that could be borne by two men on a cowl-staff: 1567 <i>two knedynge tubbes, one skeppe, thre great Cowles,</i> Fixby (YRS134/15); 1664 <i>an old cowle</i>, Elmswell (DW240).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1664
Now
~ 361 years ago