inglenook

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋɡ(ə)lnʊk/ / /ˈɪŋɡəlˌnʊk/

noun

Etymology: From ingle (“open fireplace”) + nook.

A nook or corner beside an open fireplace; a chimney corner.
“I ſat me in the ingle nook, / And joked wi my luver, / But a' the jokes that I cou'd crack, / The deel a ane could muve her.”
“The ingle-nook ſupplies the ſimmer-fields, / An' aft as mony gleefu' maments yields.”