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chimbley

chimbley

9.9
A tall pipe on a roof that carries smoke from a fire inside a building
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : chimenea
  • On cold winter nights, we would sit by the fire and watch sparks fly up the chimbley.

Examples

  • I think the tradition got started when everybody had them big chimbleys, master.

    Hogfather (2007)

  • The smoke billowed out of the old chimbley and filled the night sky.

  • What happened to going down the "chimbley"?

    Arthur Christmas (2011)

  • Me! --going down the "chimbley."

    Arthur Christmas (2011)

  • The children were excited to find Santa stuck in the chimbley after climbing down.

Synonyms

chimney
vschimbley
131 1.0

A tall structure on a house that lets smoke from a fire go outside

is the nonstandard dialectal term rather than the standard one
stack
vschimbley
  • Specialized
13 5.0

A tall chimney at a factory that releases smoke

is a dialectal informal word for any smoke outlet not only large industrial ones
lum
vschimbley
  • UK
1 9.9

A structure on a house roof that lets smoke from a fire out

is a nonstandard dialectal word for the same smoke outlet in general speech
chimneystack
vschimbley
6.1

Tall part that sticks out above a roof and often has several pipes for smoke

is a nonstandard word for the whole smoke exit not only the upper part

Surface Forms

chimbley singular
chimbleys plural
chimneys plural
chimney singular

Etymology

Chimbley is a dialect form of chimney. It comes from an old Latin word caminus meaning 'furnace' or 'fireplace', so chimbley keeps that old idea and simply means the part of a house that 'takes smoke out'.