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

She and her two-year old daughter, who is gripping Ennere's shoulder as she crouches over a warming pan of water, are breathing in the smoke.

From BBC

They discovered that skates and warming pans were in no great request in the tropics, and could not be exported thither at a profit of five hundred per cent.

From Project Gutenberg

“And it is so hot down there they couldn’t possibly need warming pans.”

From Project Gutenberg

The brass or copper warming pan with its long handle hung by the fireplace where it reflected the firelight.

From Project Gutenberg