A chafing plate or chafing dish is a shallow pan or dish used to keep food warm at a table or on a buffet.

Over the Chafing Dish - 1911 was released on:

USA: 23 September 1911

The chafing dish is of the European origin. Back in 1652 in Paris, Francois Pierre La Varenne referred to the chafing dish in his book; furthermore, in 1520, Hernan Cortez reported to Charles V that Montezuma was served meals using a chafing dish.

The cast of Over the Chafing Dish - 1911 includes: Grace Lewis James Morrison

In some uses, yes, although in the compound noun chafing dish, it is an adjunct. Chafing is the present participle of the verb (to chafe) and can be an adjective or a noun (gerund).