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

Sprinkle small cubes of fat salt pork thickly over the bottom of a dripping pan, set a wire trivet or rack on pork and lay meat on trivet.

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

Dip each piece of potato into syrup and arrange in dripping pan.

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

Place the ducks on rack in dripping pan, sprinkle with salt and pepper, cover breast and legs with very thin slices of fat salt pork.

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.

Place in a dripping pan, skin side down.

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