bone fire

See also: bone-fire

English

Alternative forms

• bone-fire

Etymology

From Middle English banefire.

Noun

bone fire (plural bone fires)

1. A fire lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites.

Related terms

• bonfire

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “bone fire”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• in before