chimney pot

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

1. an earthenware or metal pipe or deflector, often cylindrical, fitted on the top of a chimney to increase draft and reduce or disperse smoke.

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Etymology

Origin of chimney pot

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Because it was nearly dusk and suppertime, blue smoke rose from every chimney pot in the village they had left, and in the low places mist began to rise.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

The curtain's hem, rose-embroidered, flutters, and half reveals a burnt-red chimney pot.

From Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology by Aldington, Richard

With all my eyes I watched my mistress build up a chimney pot of straw and things.

From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary

After picking and diving their way beneath the trembling lines of underwear, pillowcases, sheets, and what not, they paused in front of a tall chimney pot.

From Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto by Cahan, Abraham

He went in and bought a light colored cutaway coat and vest and soft cap—he had worn black clothing and the regulation chimney pot hat for the last thirty years of his life.

From '?19,000' by Delannoy, Burford

Related Words

• fireplace
• flue
• furnace
• hearth
• pipe
• stack
• vent