noun
- plural of ingle; fireplaces or hearths, especially in a home or cottage
Usage: chiefly British or Scottish; often poetic or literary
Examples
- The old cottage had two warm ingles where families gathered on cold winter nights.
- She sat by the ingles, warming her hands by the fire.
- The ingles in the manor house were decorated with carved stone.
- Smoke rose from the ingles of the village homes.