hod

noun5

1. •
   A three-sided box mounted on a pole for carrying bricks, mortar, or other construction materials over the shoulder.

   • Oiseau: […] a Hodd; the Tray vvherein Masons, &c, carrie their Mortar. — 1611
2. •
   (dialect, US) A receptacle for carrying coal, particularly one shaped like a bucket which is designed for loading coal or coke through the door of a firebox.

   • The household uses of copper are principally for cooking utensils and a variety of miscellaneous items, such as urns, bowls, hods, lamps, candlesticks, vases, book ends, and ash trays. — 1938
3. •
   The amount of material held by a hod; a hodful.

   • [T]he women do the hardest work—carry hods of mortar, unload vessels, drive oxen, &c. … — 1867
4. •
   A bookmaker's bag.
5. •
   A blowpipe used by a pewterer.

verb1

1. •
   (Scotland, no longer used) To bob up and down on horseback, as an inexperienced rider may do; to jog.

   • To have caught young wild ducks—a dozen— / So we "hodded" them in a hat to town, / To get them "pot-luck"—at least a "shake down," / With some tame, domestic cousin. — 1851

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of head of department.