WordNet
n. walls that project out from the wall of a room and surround the chimney base
Wikipedia
A chimney breast is a portion of a chimney which projects forward from a wall to accommodate a fireplace. Typically on the ground floor of a structure, the masonry extends upwards, containing a flue which carries smoke out of the building through a chimney stack. Chimney jambs similarly project from the wall, but they do so on either side of the fireplace and serve to support the chimney breast. The interior of a chimney breast is commonly filled with brickwork or concrete.
The construction and appearance of a chimney breast can vary according to function and style. English and American builders more often treat the chimney breast and fireplace as distinct architectural features, whereas French buildings have gradually trended towards concealed construction.
Usage examples of "chimney breast".
He was in the large cell, in the shadowy nook by the chimney breast.
Devlin's hand reached for the Walther hanging on the nail at the back of the beam that supported the chimney breast.
Devlins hand reached for the Walther hanging on the nail at the back of the beam that supported the chimney breast.
It was four or five feet across, and six or seven pans stood bubbling on two giant hotplates, their covers hinged back against the chimney breast.
He leaned back against the stone of the chimney breast behind them.
Her eyes went to Ishmael, standing silently in the shadows beside the chimney breast.
In one corner, close to the deep enamel sink with shelves overhead, cups and pans hanging from them, stood a cast-iron gas stove and, instead of a fireplace, in the wall opposite the window there was a huge black range built into the chimney breast, with ovens at the sides and a fire grate in the middle.