Brazier
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A worker in brass; a brassworker.
- 2 An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat.
"One of them came forward, and, producing a lamp, lit it from his brazier (for the Amahagger when on a journey nearly always carried with them a little lighted brazier, from which to provide fire)."
- 3 large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times wordnet
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation for a worker in brass.
Example
More examples"This antique brazier no longer has any real utility."
Etymology
From Middle English brasiere, from brasen (“to cover with brass”), from Old English brasian, bræsian (“to cover with brass”). By surface analysis, bras(s) + -ier.
From French brasier (“pan of hot coals”), from Middle French braisier, from Old French brasier, from brese (“embers, hot coals”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō. See braise.
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