Meaning of meatscreen | Babel Free

Definitions

A heat-reflecting screen that is used to roast or cook meat.

obsolete

Examples

“A foreigner, be he a Frenchman, American, or Dutchman, if introduced to the 'kitchen,' would stare⟳ with astonishment if you told him that in this plain apartment, with its immense fire, meatscreen, gridirons, and a small tub under the window for washing the glasses, the statesmen of England very often dine, and men, possessed of wealth untold.”

“I, myself, saw⟳ one zealous individual thus encumbered-with a stew- pan on his head, the meatscreen under one arm, the dripping-pan under the other, the frying-pan in his right hand, the gridiron in his left, and the rolling-pin in his mouth.”

“We have⟳ now only one engraving to call⟳ attention to--that which represents a curly-haired little boy reposing under an apparatus which looks like⟳ a meatscreen.”

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