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What is a fireback?

What is a fireback? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.
  2. A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.
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He added that a fireback probably can be purchased for a couple of hundred dollars.
A woman had only to rattle the fireback with the poker to summon help from next door when her waters burst and her labor was starting.
Castiron fireback from 1910 presenting Cupid flying away, abandoning his quiver of arrows, framed in an oculus.
A stylish Philadelphia parlor is conceptually incomplete if the fireplace is not fitted with wrought-iron andirons and a cast-iron fireback.
Another relatively simple way to increase the efficiency of a fireplace is to install what is known as a fireback.
He was finally discovered in the nursery saying good-bye to the two cherubs on the fireback.

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