hearthstead

noun

noun

Etymology From Middle English herthstede, equivalent to hearth + stead (“place”).

The area encompassing a hearth; fireplace.

The hearthstead was dark, only a faint glimmer of light shining through the open main doors.2006, Ree Soesbee, The Crystal Chalice, page 44:

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