skillet

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
skillet/ˈskɪlɪt/

▶noun

• 1 Brit. historical a small metal cooking pot with a long handle, typically with legs.

• 2 N. Amer. a frying pan.

– origin ME: perh. from OFr. escuelete, dimin. of escuele ‘platter’, from late L. scutella.