warming pan

American  

noun

1. a long-handled, covered pan, usually of brass, filled with live coals or hot water for warming a cold bed.

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warming pan British  

noun

1. a pan, often of copper and having a long handle, filled with hot coals or hot water and formerly drawn over the sheets to warm a bed

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Etymology

Origin of warming pan

First recorded in 1565–75

Example Sentences

First, will the forecast El Niño and Atlantic warming pan out?

From Scientific American

“Good! Good!” cried Jo, pounding with the handle of the old warming pan on which she leaned.

From Literature

Mercifully, SanJuanna had taken the chill off the sheets with a warming pan.

From Literature

Every night she shrank from the moment when she and Judith must make the dread ascent to the upstairs chamber with only the meager comfort of a warming pan.

From Literature

Someone — a house-elf, no doubt — had placed warming pans between the sheets.

From Literature