pancheon

English

Alternative forms

• panchion, pansion, panshin

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps a variant of pankin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpan(t)ʃən/

Noun

pancheon (plural pancheons)

1. (now UK regional) A shallow dish used to stand milk while the cream separates, or in which to bake bread.
   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:

     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.

     Penguin 2006, page 248