bone fire
See also: bone-fire
English
Alternative forms
- bone-fire
Etymology
From Middle English banefire.
Noun
bone fire (plural bone fires)
- A fire lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites.
Derived terms
- bonfire
References
- “bone fire” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.