smokejack

Etymology

smoke + jack

noun

  1. A device for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
    Minute recurrent sounds prevailed -- the click of the smoke-jack, the flap of the flames, and the light touches of the women's slippers upon the floor. 1871, Thomas Hardy, Desperate Remedies

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