chimney place

American  

noun

1. an open hearth.

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Example Sentences

Nights had become very cold and we burned logs all day long in the chimney place.

From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Ye'll grow to the chimney place with your staring and wondering.

From Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates by Dodge, Mary Mapes

“Could you,” asked the printer, “stay patiently in a chimney place to hear what is said in a room?”

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de

There was sudden havoc among the poultry, and fruit and vegetables found their way from the corn field in abundant variety to the large chimney place.

From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)

As he spoke he tossed the entire sheaf of brushes which he held in his hand into the chimney place.

From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Schubin, Ossip