inglenook
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inglenook — ● inglenook nom masculin (écossais inglenook, de ingle, feu, et nook, coin) Type ancien de cheminée à feu nu, placée dans un angle d une pièce … Encyclopédie Universelle
inglenook — ► NOUN ▪ a space on either side of a large fireplace. ORIGIN from dialect ingle «fire, fireplace», perhaps from Irish aingeal live ember + NOOK(Cf. ↑nook) … English terms dictionary
inglenook — [iŋ′gəl nook΄] n. Chiefly Brit. a corner by a fireplace; chimney corner: also ingle nook … English World dictionary
Inglenook — 17th century English inglenook fireplace. An inglenook (Modern Scots ingleneuk), or chimney corner, is a small recess that adjoins a fireplace. Inglenook may also refer to: Inglenook, California, community in Mendocino County Inglenook Winery… … Wikipedia
inglenook — UK [ˈɪŋɡ(ə)lˌnʊk] / US noun [countable] Word forms inglenook : singular inglenook plural inglenooks an area with a seat at the side of a large open fireplace … English dictionary
Inglenook Community High School — is an alternative school which offers only senior (grade 11 and 12) courses, and is housed in a historical building in Corktown, in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a very small, community like school in that it has an average of 100… … Wikipedia
Inglenook Sidings — Inglenook Sidings, created by Alan Wright (1928 January 2005), is a well known model railway train shunting puzzle. It consists of a specific track layout, a set of initial conditions, a defined goal, and rules which must be obeyed while… … Wikipedia
Inglenook Winery — Infobox Winery winery name = Inglenook Winery winery location city = Rutherford, California location country = USA appellation = Rutherford AVA former name = other labels= year founded = 1879 first vintage = key people = Mark Ebaugh, Winemaker… … Wikipedia
inglenook — noun Date: 1772 a nook by a large open fireplace; also a bench or settle occupying this nook … New Collegiate Dictionary
inglenook — /ing geuhl nook /, n. a corner or nook near a fireplace; chimney corner. [1765 75; INGLE + NOOK] * * * ▪ furniture wooden seat or settle built into the space on either side of the wide fireplaces common in 17th century English houses and… … Universalium
