chimney pot

See also: chimneypot

English

Rows of chimney pots in an English town, 2013.

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Noun

chimney pot (plural chimney pots)

1. A short earthenware pipe, placed on top of a chimney to improve the draft.

Translations

pipe on the top of a chimney

• French: tuyau de cheminée m
• Irish: croca simléir m, pota simléir m

• Scots: chumli-can
• Scottish Gaelic: ceann simileir m