Dye tub - Dye tub

Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities 1550-1820. Originally published by University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, 2007.

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Nancy Cox, Karin Dannehl, 'Dye tub - Dye tub', in Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities 1550-1820( Wolverhampton, 2007), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/traded-goods-dictionary/1550-1820/dye-tub-dye-tub [accessed 8 December 2024].

Nancy Cox, Karin Dannehl, 'Dye tub - Dye tub', in Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities 1550-1820( Wolverhampton, 2007), British History Online, accessed December 8, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/traded-goods-dictionary/1550-1820/dye-tub-dye-tub.

Nancy Cox, Karin Dannehl. "Dye tub - Dye tub". Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities 1550-1820. (Wolverhampton, 2007), , British History Online. Web. 8 December 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/traded-goods-dictionary/1550-1820/dye-tub-dye-tub.

Dye tub

A TUB used by dyers, but within most contexts the term was probably general in meaning because dyers had need of a variety of vessels, as shown in an advertisement announcing the sale of 'winches, tubs, pails, and all other utensils belonging to the dyeing business' [Newspapers (1778)].

Not found in the OED online

See also LITTING TUB.
Sources: Inventories (late).