fire iron

See also:fireiron

English

Noun

fireiron(pluralfire irons)

1. Any of a set ofmetaltoolskept beside thefireplace,used to keep the fire burning as required. The set usually consists offire tongs,apoker,aspade,and abrushfor the ashes.
2. (rail transport)One of a set of tools kept on asteam locomotivefor a similar purpose.
   • 1944March and April, E. S. Waterhouse, “Two Footplate Rides on" Merchant Navy "Locomotives”, inRailway Magazine,page88:

     No. 21C9 was in need of a boiler washout and though she was carefully and assiduously fired and use made of thefire-ironsduring the run, it was not possible to maintain steam, which often fell as low as 210 lb.

   • 1961February, "" Balmore "", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One”, inTrains Illustrated,page112:

     There was no need to use thefire-ironsafter we pulled out of Calais, for the fire was well burnt through and came to life at once.

See also

• slice bar

References

• “fire iron”,inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.

Further reading

• fire ironon Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• inferior