a shallow pan placed under roasting meat to catch the dripping
dripping pan in American English
a pan to catch drippings
: also drip pan
dripping pan in American English
noun
a shallow metal pan used under roasting meat to receive the drippings
Also: drip pan
Word origin
[1425–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1425–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: conjugate, deck, expression, introduce, type
Examples of 'dripping pan' in a sentence
dripping pan
Let them rise a few minutes in the dripping-pan.
Elizabeth E. Lea Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers (1845). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)
Coffee may be roasted in a dripping-pan in a brick oven.
Elizabeth E. Lea Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers (1845). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)
If you are careful, it can be done very well in the dripping-pan of a stove.
Elizabeth E. Lea Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers (1845). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)
Besides, it has a perfectly ventilated and spacious wrought-iron roaster, with movable shelves, draw-out stand, double dripping-pan, and meat-stand.
Mrs. Isabella Beeton The Book of Household Management (1861). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)