meatscreen

1. (obsolete) A heat-reflecting screen that is used to roast or cook meat.Examples: "A foreigner, be he a Frenchman, American, or Dutchman, if introduced to the 'kitchen,' would stare with astonishment if you told him that in this plain apartment, with its immense fire, meatscreen, gridirons, and a small tub under the window for washing the glasses, the statesmen of England very often dine, and men, possessed of wealth untold."; "I, myself, saw one zealous individual thus encumbered-with a stew- pan on his head, the meatscreen under one arm, the dripping-pan under the other, the frying-pan in his right hand, the gridiron in his left, and the rolling-pin in his mouth."; "We have now only one engraving to call attention to--that which represents a curly-haired little boy reposing under an apparatus which looks like a meatscreen."obsolete