bain-marie

noun

bain-ma·​rie ˌban-mə-ˈrē 

ˌbaⁿ-

plural bains-marie ˌban-mə-ˈrē 

ˌbaⁿ-

: a cooking utensil containing heated water in which food in smaller pots is cooked compare double boiler

Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French, translation of Medieval Latin balneum Mariae, literally, Mary's bath, after Maria Hebraea, Mary the Jewess, legendary inventor of apparatus used in alchemy

First Known Use

1723, in the meaning defined above