fire iron

noun

1

fire irons plural : utensils for a fireplace or grate (as tongs, poker, and shovel) compare slice bar

2

: andiron

—usually used in plural

Word History

Etymology

Middle English firiren, from fir, fire + iren iron

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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