bone fire

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Definition of bone fire in English English dictionary

Fires lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites

Related Terms

bone fires

plural form of bone fire

Turkish pronunciation

bōn fayr

Pronunciation

/ˈbōn ˈfīr/ /ˈboʊn ˈfaɪr/

Etymology

() From Middle English banefire.