Meanings
nounfire dog (plural fire dogs)
plural fire dogs · alternative firedog
- archaeologyBronze Age artifact used in worshipping either bulls or the moon, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar.
- USEither of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace.
He was[…] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the firedogs in the common room, […]
1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 10.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLCSynonyms: andiron
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEither of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace.
Similar
Translations
German Mondhorn, Mondidol
- MondhornBronze Age artifact
- MondidolBronze Age artifact
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