Dutch oven

noun

a heavily constructed kettle with a close-fitting lid, used for pot roasts, stews, etc.
a metal utensil, open in front, for roasting before an open fire.
a brick oven in which the walls are preheated for cooking.

Dutch oven

First recorded in 1760–70

But beware of the kitchen snobs who sniff that they only need three knives and a cast iron dutch oven.

The purists who say that they need nothing except a cast iron dutch oven and a good chef's knife may scoff, but I stand firm.

There was a Dutch-oven on the hearth, the sight of which made my mouth water for the delicious tea-cakes of childhood.

The cooking fixtures generally used are of sheet iron; a dutch oven and skillet of cast metal are very essential.

It is of copper, riveted together, and in general form resembles the "Dutch-oven" of the present day.

You may bake them in a dutch-oven, instead of broiling them.

On the hearth are some dog-irons, the ashes of the breakfast fire, and a Dutch-oven.

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