cookfire

English

Etymology

From cook +‎ fire.

Noun

cookfire (plural cookfires)

1. A fire used for cooking food.
   • 1978 December 16, John Fischer, “Henry Quiller's Sheep”, in The New York Times‎:

     “Next evening when he was picking up buffalo chips to make a cookfire, that ram got him.

   • 2005, Harry Turtledove, Alternate Generals III, unnumbered page:

     "Well, we do need to keep some of it on hand, donchaknow. For fueling the cookfires and all that rot."