chafing-dish

English

Noun

chafing-dish (plural chafing-dishes)

  1. Alternative form of chafing dish.
    • 1914, Janet McKenzie Hill, Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-dish Dainties, page 151:
      The first chafing-dishes of which historic mention is made consisted of a pan heated over a pot of burning oil, the pan resting upon a frame which held the pot of oil.