a solid metal container or pot, often large, used to boil liquids: a kettle, cauldron, boiler, etc. · an area in which the enemy (or game) is encircled; a pocket or besieged area (by extension also the siege itself) · ellipsis of Polizeikessel: kettling, a police tactic to surround and contain demonstrators
çekim: çoğul Kesseln · tamlayan Kessels
köken: From Middle High German keȥȥel, from Old High German keȥȥil, from Proto-West Germanic *katil (“kettle”).
köken: Uncertain. Compare Norwegian lomme, Swedish lomma, West Frisian lomme. All could ultimately be related to English loom (“apparatus for making fabric”), which see.