Chimney-piece

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chimney-piece \Chim"ney-piece`\, chimneypiece \chimneypiece\, n.
     (Arch.)
     A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace;
     also, the shelf that projects from wall above fireplace;
     {mantlepiece}. [Chiefly Brit.]
  


     Syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chimneypiece
       n : shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England
           they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: {mantel}, {mantelpiece},
            {mantle}, {mantlepiece}]