forehearth

English

In this diagram from the The American Cyclopædia (1879), the forehearth is labelled f

Alternative forms

fore hearth, fore-hearth

Etymology

From fore- +‎ hearth.

Noun

forehearth (plural forehearths)

1. The forward-facing extension or cavity of the hearth of a blast furnace, under the tymp.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 373, about Taynuilt:

     The lintel of the forehearth of the furnace bears the date 1753.

References

• “forehearth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.