Meanings
plural firebaths · alternative fire-bath
- A bath in intense heat; sauna.
A central daily event in men's lives was the firebath, which was like a sauna with intense radiant heat.
1996, Chase Hensel, Telling Our Selves1 more example
Whenever they were going to take a firebath, they removed those wood planks and laid some in the back area of the qasgi and some on the edge of the bedding.
2003, Paul John, Ann Fienup-Riordan, Stories for Future Generations - Page 33
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old Englishfȳrbæþ“fire-bath”
- Middle English*fyrebath
- Englishfirebath
From Middle English *fyrebath, from Old English fȳrbæþ (“fire-bath”), equivalent to fire + bath.
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