DCHP-3

reflector (oven)

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a type of oven of highly polished metal, used for baking before an open campfire by reflected heat.

Quotations

1835
The house of every substantial farmer had three substantial ornaments, a wooden clock, a tin reflector, and a Polyglot Bible.
1914
Our bannocks we baked in a reflector oven before the open fire and we actually got to like them better than the usual bread of civilisation as we found when we got back.
1955
A reflector can be made from any piece of shiny tin large enough for the job, though I used one of highly polished steel.
1957
Trout or salmon, or bread can be cooked in a reflector oven if time is no particular object.