• Smokejack

    Origin

    smoke + jack

    Full definition of smokejack

    Noun

    smokejack

    (plural smokejacks)
    1. A device for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
      • 1871 Thomas Hardy "Desperate Remedies"Minute recurrent sounds prevailed -- the click of the smoke-jack, the flap of the flames, and the light touches of the women's slippers upon the floor.

    Alternative forms

    • smoke-jack
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