Found 2 items, similar to mantlepiece.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mantlepiece
mantlepiece
n : shelf that projects from wall above fireplace;
“in England
they call a mantel a chimneypiece” [syn:
mantel,
mantelpiece,
mantle,
chimneypiece]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: mantlepiece
Mantel
\Man"tel\, n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F.
manteau de chemin['e]e. See
Mantle.] (Arch.)
The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in
front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above
the fireplace, and its supports. The shelf is called also a
mantelpiece or
mantlepiece. [Written also
mantle.]
[1913 Webster]
mantlepiece
\man"tle*piece\ n.
A shelf that projects from the wall above a fireplace; a
mantel; as, in England they call a mantelpiece a
chimneypiece.
Syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, chimneypiece.
[WordNet 1.5]
Chimney-piece
\Chim"ney-piece`\, chimneypiece
\chimneypiece\, n.
(Arch.)
A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace;
also, the shelf that projects from wall above fireplace;
mantlepiece. [Chiefly Brit.]
Syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]