fireback

[fahyuh r-bak]

noun

a piece, lining the rear of a fireplace, usually of cast iron.
the rear of a fireplace.

Origin of fireback

First recorded in 1870–75; fire + back¹

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Examples from the Web for fireback

Historical Examples of fireback

One fireback illustrated (p. 303) shows an ironmaster with his hammer at his forge.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture
Arthur Hayden
Thus, we are not to think the fireback in this dining-room an old belonging of the inn.
The Old Inns of Old England, Volume II (of 2)
Charles G. Harper
He was finally discovered in the nursery saying good-bye to the two cherubs on the fireback.
The Stronghold
Miriam Haynie

British Dictionary definitions for fireback

fireback

noun

Also called: reredos an ornamental iron slab against the back wall of a hearth
any pheasant of the genus Lophura, of SE Asia

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