ALA-BLAZE PAN

s. This name is given in the Bombay Presidency to a tinned-copper stew-pan, having a cover, and staples for straps, which is carried on the march by European soldiers, for the purpose of cooking in, and eating out of. Out on picnics a larger kind is frequently used, and kept continually going, as a kind of pot-au-feu . [It has been suggested that the word may be a corr. of some French or Port. term—Fr. braiser ; Port. brazeiro , 'a fire-pan,' braza , 'hot coals.']