fire screen

noun

a screen placed in front of a fireplace for protection, especially from sparks.

Origin of fire screen

First recorded in 1750–60

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Examples from the Web for fire screen

He had taken up a fire-screen, and was looking intently at the gauze.
A Woman of Thirty|Honore de Balzac
The grate, fire-screen, and poker remain as they were fifty-one years ago.
The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:|Thomas W. Silloway
She set her fire-screen down on the chimney-piece, and spoke with tenderness in every tone of her voice.
Father Goriot|Honore de Balzac
And thereupon his hand came upon other objects on the floor: a small table, a fire-screen.
The Blonde Lady|Maurice Leblanc

"Not if you had a fire-screen, Jack," Esme reminded him sweetly.
The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories|Mary Hallock Foote

British Dictionary definitions for fire screen

fire screen

noun

a decorative screen placed in the hearth when there is no fire

a screen placed before a fire to protect the face from intense heat

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fire screen

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