mocuck
English edit
Etymology edit
From an Algonquian language, probably Ojibwe makak (“semi-rigid container, birch bark basket, box”).
Noun edit
mocuck (plural mocucks)
- (US) A box-like container made from birch-bark, especially one in which sugar is stored.
- 2004, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Encyclopedia of Kitchen History, page 660:
- The Huron of Canada expanded the use of mocucks from cookery to the warming of squash seed over a fire […]