Fireback
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Re: Fireback
Actually, a bit more than that. It protects the back wall.I saw this word while using m-w.com yesterday. It,s the rear wall of a fireplace.
Ordinary brick, even though the clay is fired (heated) to make it, will break down under constant exposure to intense heat. A fireback was used in the days before firebrick (a brick that resists the constant, intense heat of a fire) to protect the part of a fireplace that gets hottest. It's thermal mass also allowed it to absorb heat and re-radiate it back into the room as a fire died down.fire·back
Function: noun
: an often decorated cast-iron plate lining the back wall of a fireplace
Here's some examples of firebacks. The page has a link to an article about the making of firebacks.
Are those the ones that shoot back using an AK-47?It also refers to species of Asian pheasant.
Regards//Larry
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