Toast-rack

[f. TOAST sb.¹ + RACK sb.² 4.] A contrivance for holding dry toast, keeping each piece on edge and separate. Also transf. (quot. 1905).

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1801. Nemnich, Waaren-Lexicon, 687/1. Toast rack or waggon, ein Tohstgestell.

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1807. Specif. of Roberts’ Patent, No. 3083. So constructing a toast rack or tray that it may be extended or contracted at pleasure.

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1861. N. A. Woods, Pr. of Wales in Canada, 104. The chief … wore something like a beadwork toastrack on his head.

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1905. Westm. Gaz., 30 May, 4/2. A vehicle of the ‘toast-rack’ type familiar on the Continent, consisting simply of a platform with seats going transversely.

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