Fireboard
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A board or screen placed over a fireplace when it is not in use.
"I then glanced round the room; and besides the bedstead and centre table, could see no other furniture belonging to the place, but a rude shelf, the four walls, and a papered fireboard representing a man striking a whale."
- 2 A fireplace's mantel. Appalachia
- 3 A piece of wood into which a fire drill is spun to create friction.
Example
More examples"I then glanced round the room; and besides the bedstead and centre table, could see no other furniture belonging to the place, but a rude shelf, the four walls, and a papered fireboard representing a man striking a whale."
Etymology
From fire + board.
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