In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
mortarboard
(noun) an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top
mortarboard, hawk
(noun) a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mortarboard (plural mortarboards)
A square board, with a handle, on which mortar or plaster is carried: a hawk.
An academic cap that has a flat square top with a tassel.
• (tool): hawk
• (clothing): cap
Source: Wiktionary
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.