English Dictionary

fire iron

noun

Any of a set of metal tools kept beside the fireplace, used to keep the fire burning as required. The set usually consists of fire tongs, a poker, a spade, and a brush for the ashes.

She used the fire iron to stoke the flames in the fireplace.

意味（1）

Any of a set of metal tools kept beside the fireplace, used to keep the fire burning as required. The set usually consists of fire tongs, a poker, a spade, and a brush for the ashes.

意味（2）

(rail transport) One of a set of tools kept on a steam locomotive for a similar purpose.

No. 21C9 was in need of a boiler washout and though she was carefully and assiduously fired and use made of the fire-irons during the run, it was not possible to maintain steam, which often fell as low as 210 lb.