‖stampblok, noun
- Forms:
- Also with initial capital.
- Plurals:
- stampblokke/ˈstampblɔkə/.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, stamp pound, crush + blok block.
stampblock.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 342Natives use the wood for ‘Stampblokke’ in which they pound grain and it seldom cracks.
1971 Baraitser & Obholzer Cape Country Furn. 261A more primitive method of milling grain was by crushing the grain in a Stampblok, a large wooden mortar with a pestle that looks very similar to the more recent Transvaal African ones, but can often be distinguished from them by the presence of a metal hoop around the upper rim.
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