Definition of "pattypan" in Englisch

noun

1. A pan used for baking patties.

   • 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.