Dutch oven

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#1·14h ago

(US) A large cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid, especially one made of metal.

1780, William Cowper, letter, 5 June:

Origin: From . See Dutch for more information on the now obsolete sense that the term is derived from. The cigar sense is said to originate in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·14h ago

A portable oven consisting of a metal box, with shelves, placed before an open fire.

: I heard the most uncommon and unaccountable noise that can be imagined. It was, in fact, occasioned by the clattering of tin pattypans and a Dutch oven against the sides of the panniers.

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#3·14h ago

(rail transport) A protective cover for electrical contacts on a railway coupler, particularly but not exclusively used on the London Underground.

Cast-iron cookware is in the spotlight. Having started with skillets, producers are now introducing Dutch ovens. Despite already owning pots from Staub and Le Creuset, I could not resist the new Dutch oven by Finex Cast Iron Cookware, an…

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