ingle

Definition

An open fireplace.

Etymology

From Middle Scots ingle, ingill, from Scottish Gaelic aingeal (“fire, light”), from Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”). Cognate with Irish aingeal.

Example Sentences

• "Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, / Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely"