potsherd

[ pot-shurd ]

/ ˈpɒtˌʃɜrd /

a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.

Origin of potsherd

1275–1325; Middle English; equivalent to pot pot¹ + sherd, variant of shard

He that teacheth a fool, is like one that glueth a potsherd together.

The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version |Various
And we cry with the Psalmist, ‘My strength is dried up like a potsherd.’

Chivalry |James Branch Cabell
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws.

Sermons of Christmas Evans |Joseph Cross
Perhaps you are ignorant how you are to lay the potsherd on the clay at top?

The Economist |Xenophon

When the beautiful bride heard his story, she asked to see the potsherd, for she was very learned and clever.

Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories |Various

potsherd

/ (ˈpɒtˌʃɜːd) /

a broken fragment of pottery

C14: from pot 1 + schoord piece of broken crockery; see shard