firegrate

See also: fire-grate and fire grate

English

Etymology

fire +‎ grate

Noun

firegrate (plural firegrates)

  1. Alternative form of fire grate
    • 1941 April, “British Locomotive Developmentts”, in Railway Magazine, page 175:
      The firegrate has an area of 28.5 sq. ft.
    • 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 42:
      The MR and GNR both delivered hundreds of thousands of tons of coal destined for London's domestic and commercial firegrates into their depots at St Pancras and King's Cross.

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