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the medieval cheat code for hoarding fire before central heating ruined the suspense
means A cosy recessed seat or small enclosed space built beside a fireplace, where you can sit right up against the warmth.
from A Scots and northern English word, recorded from around the 18th century, combining 'ingle' — a fireplace or hearth-fire, itself probably borrowed from Scottish Gaelic 'aingeal' (fire, light) — with 'nook,' a snug corner of unclear earlier origin. So literally a 'fire-corner': the little sheltered pocket beside the blaze.
- old roots
- name fuses Scots ingle (fire) with corner
- chimney seat
- benches sat literally inside the fireplace recess
- smoke perk
- warm enough to dry herbs and cure meats overhead
- witch ward
- some hid carved marks there to repel evil
inglenook cottages cornwall — victorian terraced houses in mousehole, cornwall, built 1887 with distinctive architectural style
inglenook vineyard napa — winery in rutherford, napa valley founded 1879, one of california's oldest family wineries