chimney cap

noun

1. a raised cover for the top of a chimney, usually in the form of a slab or cornice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chimney cap¹

1840–50; Americanism

Example Sentences

Installing a chimney cap and waterproofing the chimney can solve this problem.

From Popular-Science

Laying the sooty youngster on the stone chimney-cap I had crawled cautiously backward only a few feet, when lo!

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