English Explanatory Dictionary

bone fire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fire lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites.

Word forms

bone fire bone fires bone-fire

Etymology

From Middle English banefire.

Related words

bonfire
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