brazier

Brazier with grill and pot rest

Meaning

Noun

  • A worker in brass.
  • 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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