dripping-pan
(ˈdrɪpɪŋˌpæn)
[f. dripping vbl. n.]
A pan used to catch the ‘dripping’ from roasting meat.
| 1463 Act 3 Edw. IV, c. 4 Hamers, pinsons, firetonges, drepyngpannes. 1552 Bury Wills (Camden) 142 One dryppine panne of iron. 1769 Mrs. Raffald Eng. Housekpr. (1778) 95 Put them into a tin dripping-pan to bake or fry them. 1883 Knowledge 8 June 342/2 Inside the cylinder [of the roaster] is a cylinder to support the dripping-pan. |