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[ noun ] a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)Beyond that misty gray of the rain , he saw the stretching hutment , low diminutive log_cabins , chinked with mud , with doorways a man would have_to crouch to get through , with roofs of tenting laid_over boughs or boards from hardtack boxes , or fence_rails , with cranky chimneys of sticks and dried mud . The chimney of the hut across from him was surmounted by a beef barrel with ends knocked_out . The smoke from that chimney rose as sluggishly as smoke from any other , and hung as sadly in the drizzle , creeping back_down along the sopping canvas of the roof . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)`` We found some owls had built a nest in the chimney , milord , but I promise you you 'll never have trouble of that sort again '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp
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