ingle

American  

[ing-guhl] / ˈɪŋ gəl /

noun

Chiefly British Dialect.

1. a fire burning in a hearth.

2. a fireplace; hearth.

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ingle British  

/ ˈɪŋɡəl /

noun

1. archaic a fire in a room or a fireplace

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Etymology

Origin of ingle

First recorded in 1500–10, ingle is from the Scots Gaelic word aingeal fire

Example Sentences

Paddy says, Fintan, what’s an ingle? and Fintan says it’s just a boy from olden times who sits in a corner, that’s all.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

See the huge logs, the swinging crane, The Old Man's seat by chimney ingle, The pots and kettles, all the train Of brass and pewter, here they mingle.

From Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown by Colles, Julia Keese

Another recalled the fact that on Good Friday morning Kisseck struck the griddle that hung in the ingle and tumbled it into the fire.

From She's All the World to Me by Caine, Hall, Sir

Twenty times she glanced at the little clock with the lion face and the pendulum like a dog's head that swung above the ingle.

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir

That night Thorkell sat alone at the same ingle, in the same chair, glancing at many parchments, and dropping them one by one into the fire.

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir

Related Words

• chimney
• furnace
• stove