mantlepiece

Definitions

Examples

• The chimney is formed of sticks, and the head of a stag with his branching horns decorates the mantlepiece.

• She pushed out some chairs and took up a 105pack of cards, threw them aside and took a clean pack off of the mantlepiece.

• Over the mantlepiece was hung the painting of a lady in a low neck looking quite the thing.

• The Greek went to the mantlepiece, and taking down a silver cigarette box, opened and offered it to his visitor.

• The mantlepiece was bare save for the signed photograph of some magnificent foreign-looking athlete, nude to the waist.