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Definition of Fire screen
1. Noun. A metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks).
Definition of Fire screen
1. Noun. a mesh grill placed in front of a fire to prevent sparks escaping. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fire Screen
Literary usage of Fire screen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"It is further admitted by the defendant that she had no fire screen attached to
the smokestack of the vessel to prevent the escupe ot fire. ..."
2. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1901)
"... and the four ball-and-claw feet are in good proportion. Such pieces as these
last described represent the most Figure 237. Fire-screen ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1877)
"In that fire-screen marvellous pictures would design themselves, as they were
said to do in the pool of ink in the palm of the Egyptian sorcerers. ..."
4. Treasures of Use and Beauty: An Epitome of the Choicest Gems of Wisdom by G. W. Mack (1883)
"16 is a very pretty design for a fire screen, the result of the united labors of
the cabinet-maker and the lady of the house. Walnut wood is an appropriate ..."
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