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ashpan

noun

Etymology

From ash + pan.

  1. derived from πατάνη — “kind of flat dish”
  2. derived from patina — “broad, shallow dish, pan, stewpan”
  3. derived from panna
  4. inherited from *pannǭ✻
  5. inherited from *pannā✻
  6. inherited from panne
  7. inherited from panne
  8. compounded as ashpan — “ash + pan”

Definitions

  1. A container beneath a boiler's furnace, catching ash and clinker that falls through the…

    A container beneath a boiler's furnace, catching ash and clinker that falls through the firebars

  2. A container that fits below the grate of a domestic fireplace.

  3. A large pan below the grate and firebox of a steam locomotive.

    • They have been fitted with a complete rocking grate and a hopper ashpan so that the ashes can be released without the necessity for a man to go underneath the engine.
    • A new ashpan has been fitted, however, with four bottom doors for self-emptying, and a rocking grate with twelve rocking sections.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA