An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat.
Origin
From Middle English brasier, from brasen, from Old English brasian, bræsian, equivalent to brass + -ier.
From French brasier, from Middle French braisier, from Old French brasier, from brese, of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō. See braise.
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