An archaic or dialectal spelling of cauldron; a large metal pot or vessel used for cooking or boiling.
An older or variant spelling of 'cauldron,' from Old French 'chaudron,' from Medieval Latin 'caldrōnem,' derived from Latin 'caldārium' (hot vessel, from 'calidus' meaning hot).
Medieval texts are full of different spellings of this word—'chauldron,' 'caldron,' 'cauldron'—showing how spelling was fluid before dictionaries standardized it. A witch's chauldron bubbling over a fire is exactly this word's image.
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