bone fire
See also: bone-fire
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English banefire.
Noun
editbone fire (plural bone fires)
- A fire lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bone fire”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.