chimney
noun
a structure, usually vertical, containing a passage or flue by which the smoke, gases, etc., of a fire or furnace are carried off and by means of which a draft is created.
chimneyless
-
a word derived from
chimney.
Example Sentences
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A chimneyless fireplace still stood in the middle of the room.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2013
The house of learning was never chimneyless and fireless, as was the house of God.
From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Alice Morse Earle
Buck got a light—a chimneyless, smoking oil-lamp—and led me into the same room where the Blight and my little sister were.
From A Knight of the Cumberland by John Fox
In a country where the houses are chimneyless these galvanised iron chimneys are conspicuous.
From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J.W. Robertson Scott
Some were chimneyless; on others the thatch, where the weeds did not hold it together, had broken through, leaving great holes in the roof.
From Our Journey to the Hebrides by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
