Franklin stove

noun

A metal-lined fireplace with a hollow baffle and a flue acting as an inverted siphon, intended to produce more heat and less smoke than an ordinary open fireplace.

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Meanings

nounFranklin stove (plural Franklin stoves)

plural Franklin stoves

  1. A metal-lined fireplace with a hollow baffle and a flue acting as an inverted siphon, intended to produce more heat and less smoke than an ordinary open fireplace.

    The furnishings have a quiet charm: an old Franklin stove and over it an octagonal wall clock, graceful saberleg chairs and a Victorian table, oil lamps converted for electricity.

    1953, House & Garden, Complete Guide to Interior Decoration, page 223

Origin

Named after its inventor, Benjamin Franklin.

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