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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
chimney pot
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But before any type of chimney pot is fitted, check the condition of the flue.
▪ The mortar securing the chimney pot would have to be replaced, along with the pot.
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Chimney pot

Chimney \Chim"ney\, n.; pl. Chimneys. [F. chemin['e]e, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. ? furnace, oven.]

  1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.]
    --Sir W. Raleigh.

  2. That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft.

    Hard by a cottage chimney smokes.
    --Milton.

  3. A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.

  4. (Min.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. --Raymond. Chimney board, a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard. Chimney cap, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward. Chimney corner, the space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside. Chimney hook, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire, Chimney money, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for each chimney. Chimney pot (Arch.), a cylinder of earthenware or sheet metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the roof. Chimney swallow. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. An American swift ( Ch[ae]ture pelasgica) which lives in chimneys.

    2. In England, the common swallow ( Hirundo rustica).

      Chimney sweep, Chimney sweeper, one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot.

Wiktionary
chimney pot

n. A short earthenware pipe, placed on top of a chimney to improve the draft.

Usage examples of "chimney pot".

Sophie heard him shout overhead faintly as he came out through the chimney pot of the hat shop.

Six-thirty, five He could imagine somewhere up above the airborne horde pouring out of the mouth of a cave into the darkening evening sky, like smoke from a chimney pot.

Hed knocked the chimney pot off one stormy night, and come out into the sheeting rain onto the steep tiled roof.

He'd knocked the chimney pot off one stormy night, and come out into the sheeting rain onto the steep tiled roof.

Willie was sitting next to the leaning chimney pot, holding it as if to keep it from falling.