fireboard

[ fahyuhr-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

1. a board used to close a fireplace.
2. Chiefly South Midland U.S. a mantel; mantelpiece.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fireboard¹

First recorded in 1820–30; fire + board

Example Sentences

There was a great sea-chest under the eaves, and an astounding fireboard, with a picture of Apollo in his chariot.

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This cord was twisted once round the upper part of the drill whose lower point fitted into the shallow hole in the fireboard.

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The flat piece of spruce for your fireboard should be about two feet long and a little less than one inch thick.

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He then went about his evening prayers, took out his idol, and removed the paper fireboard.

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Cautiously he raised the fireboard from within and began to move it outwardly as though it swung on a hinge.

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Related Words

• mantelpiece