warming pan

Noun

 * 1) A covered metal pan attached to a long handle, holding live coals and used to warm a bed.
 * 2)  A person put into a situation to hold it until another person can take over.
 * 1)  A person put into a situation to hold it until another person can take over.
 * 1)  A person put into a situation to hold it until another person can take over.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Italian: scaldaletto
 * Scottish Gaelic: frith-aghann
 * Spanish: mundillo