chimney-board

At length one day in the spring, when the mill-house was about to be cleaned throughout, the chimney-board of Anne's bedroom, concealing a yawning fire-place, had to be taken down.

The Trumpet-Major Thomas Hardy 1884

How it had been brought to her she didn't know, but it was there before her as if it had been scored with the chalk on the chimney-board -- "as Bulstrode should say, his inside was THAT BLACK as if the hairs of his head knowed the thoughts of his heart, he'd tear 'em up by the roots."

Middlemarch 1871

How it had been brought to her she didn't know, but it was there before her as if it had been scored with the chalk on the chimney-board -- "as Bulstrode should say, his inside was that black as if the hairs of his head knowed the thoughts of his heart, he'd tear 'em up by the roots."

Middlemarch: a study of provincial life (1900) 1871

[Page 13] * The common idea as to uninhabited rooms, is that they may safely be left with doors, windows, shutters, and chimney-board, all closed – hermetically sealed if possible – to keep out the dust, it is said; and that no harm will happen if the room is but opened

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not 1860

And we will not suppose it possible that you have closed your chimney with a chimney-board.

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not 1860

And, if you have a fire-place, would you cram it up not only with a chimney-board, but perhaps with a great wisp of brown paper, in the throat of the chimney – to prevent the soot from coming down, you say?

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not 1860

'Twas there that his long pipe was always to be found on the accustomed chimney-board, not only permitted but encouraged.

Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope 1848

I scrambled in like a squirrel; coiled myself up in this recess; and, as Fanny and the girl replaced the deal chimney-board, I could see the light of the candle which my unconscious father-in-law carried in his hand.

Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people Charles Dickens 1841

He was just leaving the kitchen, and I was preparing to descend, when down came the infernal chimney-board with a tremendous crash.

Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people Charles Dickens 1841

The salon, decorated undoubtedly by an upholsterer, had a set of furniture with arched tops covered in yellow, a carpet, chimney ornaments of bronze without gilding, a painted chimney-board, a console bearing a vase of flowers under a glass case, a round table covered with a cloth, on which stood a liqueur-stand.

Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau Honor�� de Balzac 1824