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.
1883 O.E.A. Schreiner Story of Afr. Farm 199May I not bring you a stove, Miss Lyndall, to put your feet on?