Franklin stove
noun
a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
any of various fireplaces having a cast-iron top, back, and sides, with some provision for circulating air behind them in order to provide heat.
Origin of Franklin stove
11780–90, Americanism; named after Benjamin Franklin, who designed it
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How to use Franklin stove in a sentence
It continued in common use for nearly a century, and modified forms of it are still called the Franklin stoves.
The True Benjamin Franklin | Sydney George FisherIn spite of the Franklin stoves, her frail body must have been chilled to the bone for many months.
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