scourer
nounUK /ˈskaʊɹə/ · US /ˈskaʊɹəɹ/
Etymology From Middle English scourer, skourer, scowrrere, equivalent to scour + -er.
1
A tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookware.
- A scourer may be in the form of a mesh (ball) of wires, a flat piece of a rough fabric, or a pad with a soft sponge-like side and a more abrasive side.
2
Agent Agent noun of scour; a person who scours.
3
Obsolete A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
- in those days of highwaymen and scourers1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- gong scourer, scourer pad