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- Secondary term
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fireboard
- Definition
- A hearth cover, made of metal or wood, that is sometimes painted and decorated, and that fits snugly into the framework of the mantelpiece. Used to temporarily block off the hearth for the summer or to permanently seal it up. It may also be used at night to prevent heat loss up the chimney and or to keep soot, draughts, or birds out of a room.
- Definition source(s)
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- Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. 2009. “Parks Canada Descriptive and Visual Dictionary of Objects / Dictionnaire Descriptif et Visuel de Parcs Canada.” 2018 2009.
- English
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- Term (International)
- fireboard
- Alternative term(s)
- chimney-board; fire board; fire-board; fireplace cover
- French
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- Term (International)
- devant à feu
- Term gender (International)
- masculine
- Alternative term(s)
- devant de cheminée
- Date created
- 2010-01-01
- Date updated
- 2020-06-02
- Parks Canada code(s)
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- 02-00434
- Nomenclature URI
- https://nomenclature.info/nom/187
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