pattypan

English

Alternative forms

• pattipan

Etymology

From patty +‎ pan.

Noun

pattypan (plural pattypans)

1. A pan used for baking patties. [from 17th c.]
   • 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.

2. (chiefly Canada, US) A small variety of squash with a scalloped rim and creamy white flesh; a pattypan squash. [from 19th c.]

Translations

variety of squash — see pattypan squash