dripping pan

American  

Or drip pan

noun

1. a shallow metal pan used under roasting meat to receive the drippings.

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dripping pan British  

noun

1. a shallow pan placed under roasting meat to catch the dripping

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Etymology

Origin of dripping pan

First recorded in 1425–75

Example Sentences

She should thoroughly grease the dripping pan and then cut out her cookies and lift carefully into place, one just touching another.

From Cookery for Little Girls by Foster, Olive Hyde

When evenly browned, remove to well-greased dripping pan, spread again with soft butter, cover closely, and bake until tender at the joints.

From Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes by Hiller, Elizabeth O.

Place in dripping pan, surround with some of the fat cut in small cubes.

From Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes by Hiller, Elizabeth O.

Roll like jelly roll; cut off slices one-half inch thick; set them close together, cut side down, in a greased dripping pan.

From Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes by Hiller, Elizabeth O.

When light, spread dough in buttered dripping pan one inch in thickness; cover and let rise again.

From Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes by Hiller, Elizabeth O.