tile stove en · NOUN
Meanings
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A type of indoor combustion heater with an outer covering of tiles and a firebrick maze inside.
He had waited there but a very short time when he saw, as he thought, his tile-stove jumping across the brook.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 201:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tile stoves | Number=Plur | lexicographic |