Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pothook \Pot"hook`\, n.
   1. An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over
      an open fire.

   2. A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a
      scrawled writing. ``I long to be spelling her Arabic
      scrawls and pothooks.'' --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

pothook
     n : an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire