fire irons

American  

plural noun

1. the implements used for tending a fireplace, as tongs and poker.

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fire irons British  

plural noun

1. metal fireside implements, such as poker, shovel, and tongs

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Etymology

Origin of fire irons

1250–1300; Middle English fire-yren

Example Sentences

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fire irons

The Cossacks dashed out from their huts, hastily arming themselves with shotguns, sabers, axes and even fire irons, and ran toward an assembly point.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Things won’t really get going until twilight fades,” Grandpa said, setting the poker beside the other fire irons.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Try living in a room with a wonderfully fitted fireplace; its mantel of exquisite design and workmanship, its fire irons masterpieces of art—and no heat from it!

From The Business of Being a Woman by Ida M. Tarbell

They hurried out into the corridor, and started down it, armed with the fire irons.

From Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery by Roy Eliot Stokes

It rivals in interest the massive Gothic fireplace, with its huge logs and feudal fire irons.

From The House in Good Taste by Elsie de Wolfe