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Saggar vs Sangar - What's the difference?

saggar | sangar |

As nouns the difference between saggar and sangar

is that saggar is a ceramic container used inside a fuel-fired kiln to protect pots from the flame while sangar is a stone breastwork; a fortified niche or look-out post.

saggar

English

Alternative forms

* sagger

Noun

(en noun)
  • A ceramic container used inside a fuel-fired kiln to protect pots from the flame.
  • Fireclay used to make ceramic casings.

    • See also

    * saggar maker * saggar maker's bottom knocker

    References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001] (etymology)

    sangar

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sanger * sungar

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military, UK) A stone breastwork; a fortified niche or look-out post.
  • * 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, page 422:
    • At the summits of these the enemy sharpshooters waited for them in sangars , or rock-built entrenchments, each of which had to be taken before the advance could safely continue.
  • * 2002 , Stephen Hughes, The Iraqi Threat and Saddam Hussein?s Weapons of Mass Destruction , page 140:
    • A sangar' is a breastwork in the form of stonewalls built without bounding material. If stones are unavailable at or near the picket site sandbags are brought in to build the ' sangar .
  • * 2003 , Mike Ryan, Secret Operations of the SAS , page 81:
    • As the sun finally set, the rebels rushed the sangars , but were cut to pieces by the deadly accurate SAS fire.
  • * 2007 , David Humphry, Siege , page 205:
    • The game?s up, thought Piet as the Burghers returned fire and moved forward to attack the sangar .