stove, noun

Origin:
DutchShow more Calque formed on Dutch stoof foot-warmer.
obs.
komfoor sense b.
Note:
Rarely, found also in British English in this sense.
1810 G. Barrington Acct of Voy. 182They generally..make use of small stoves to warm their feet on.
1868 W.R. Thomson Poems, Essays & Sketches 167At the bare little table..sits the huisvrouw, with her feet on a stove.
1883 O.E.A. Schreiner Story of Afr. Farm 5She sat on a chair in the great front room, with her feet on a wooden stove.
1883 O.E.A. Schreiner Story of Afr. Farm 199May I not bring you a stove, Miss Lyndall, to put your feet on?
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