noun
- a protective clay box used to hold pottery during firing in a kiln
Usage: ceramics
Examples
- The potter carefully placed the delicate vases in the sagger before firing.
- Each sagger can hold multiple pieces of pottery during the kiln process.
- The ceramic artist stacked the saggers in the kiln for the overnight firing.
- Without a proper sagger, the glaze might be damaged by direct flame contact.
- The museum displayed ancient saggers alongside the pottery they once protected.