pancheon

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of pankin.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpan(t)ʃən/

Noun

pancheon (plural pancheons)

  1. (now Britain regional) A shallow dish used to stand milk while the cream separates, or in which to bake bread.
    • 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, page 248:
      The poem was finished, he took the bread out of the oven, arranging the burnt loaves at the bottom of the panchion, the good ones at the top.
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