Mantel vs Hearth - What's the difference?
mantel | hearth |
the shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney
A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called mantelshelf
A brick, stone or cement floor to a fireplace or oven.
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*:When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.
The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
A symbol for home or family life.
(lb) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry.
