firemaking

English

Etymology

From fire +‎ making.

Noun

firemaking (uncountable)

1. The act or process of making a fire.

   Synonym: firelighting

   • 1915 July, William Heyliger, “Don Strong of the Wolf Patrol”, in Walter P. McGuire, editor, Boys’ Life: The Boy Scouts’ Magazine, volume V, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Boy Scouts of America, chapter V (Donald Receives a Gift), page 30, column 2:

     To his pleasure his father proved to be well versed in the art of firemaking and of cooking in the open.

   • 2019, Ben Nuttall-Smith, Blood, Feathers & Holy Men, Surrey, B.C.: Libros Libertad Publishing Ltd., →ISBN, page 117:

     She laboriously drilled holes through each piece of bone with a hand driller bow and pointed wood spike such as that used for firemaking, and a small piece of flint attached to a wooden shaft with a string of animal hide.

   • 2016, Lucy Coats, Chosen, London: Orchard Books, Hachette Children’s Group, →ISBN, page 19:

     She was right about the smell, so I walked a little distance away from the bustle and hurry of unsaddling and firemaking till I came to a small irrigation channel.

Translations

act or process of making a fire

• Finnish: tulenteko (fi)

Further reading

• Fire making on Wikipedia.Wikipedia