brasseroとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

brassero (複数形 brasseros)

1. A tall dish for burning charcoal.
   • 1804, Public Characters of 1798-9 [-1806] - Volume 4, page 442:

     Here Colonel T. was received by the Minister in an easy and familiar style; and having drawn chairs round the brassero, (one of which the Prince presented to him,) they sat down.

   • 1824, Lady Maria Callcott, ‎Judas Tadeo de Reyes, Journal of a Residence in Chile, During the Year 1822, page 241:

     The evening was excessively cold, a brisk wind from the mountain having set in ; and we all crowded round the brassero, which was placed in the corner of a very pretty drawing-room, till supper was served, about nine o'clock ; and we were complimented on having ridden well, as the distance from the city is upwards of fourteen leagues, which we had done in nine hours with the same horses, including two hours' rest, which we had given our steeds, and some time wasted in mending my stirrup, which broke on the road.

   • 1991, Cynthia W. Harriman, Take Your Kids to Europe, page 55:

     Your Spanish rental may include a portable space heater, but it's most likely to offer the traditional brassero, a heater that's built into the base of a table.