Dutch oven

== English == === Etymology === From Dutch (“makeshift, substitutional, replacement, ersatz”) +‎ oven. 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. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Dutch oven (plural Dutch ovens) (US) A large cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid, especially one made of metal. Coordinate terms: saucepan, roasting pan, roaster, stewer, stewpot; stockpot; cauldron; pot-au-feu; casserole; oven dish; kettle 1780, William Cowper, letter, 5 June: 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. A portable oven consisting of a metal box, with shelves, placed before an open fire. (rail transport) A protective cover for electrical contacts on a railway coupler, particularly but not exclusively used on the London Underground. (slang) The situation where a person breaks wind under the bedcovers, sometimes pulling them over a bedmate's head as a prank. A room or vehicle full of marijuana smoke. (slang) The very end of a Dutch Masters cigar that has been rerolled with marijuana. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Dutch,‎ oven. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === Dutch oven (third-person singular simple present Dutch ovens, present participle Dutch ovening, simple past and past participle Dutch ovened) (slang) To break wind beneath one's bedcovers or some other enclosed space. === References === === Further reading === “Dutch oven n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.