¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Firebacks
1. fireback [n] - See also: fireback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firebacks
Literary usage of Firebacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture by Arthur Hayden (1912)
"... pan—Sussex firebacks—Grandfather clocks. THE everyday iron utensils and
implements of the cottages were simple. It is one of the curious features of the ..."
2. Forges and Furnaces in the Province of Pennsylvania by Pennsylvania (1914)
"EARLY firebacks. One of the most interesting firebacks in Pennsylvania is in the
ancient fireplace of the entrance hall at Harriton. Bryn Mawr. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"English firebacks may roughly be separated into four chronological divisions—those
moulded from more than one movable stamp; armorial backs; allegorical, ..."
Other Resources:
