chauffer

[ chaw-fer ]

/ ˈtʃɔ fər /

a small, portable stove.

Origin of chauffer

1815–25; variant of obsolete chafer, Middle English chafer (see chafe, -er¹), probably influenced by + French chauffoir heater

The officer sat up beside the chauffer, Clayton slinging it into him every foot of the way to the station.

Watch Yourself Go By |Al. G. Field
The combustion tube with its charge is next placed in a furnace or chauffer of thin sheet iron (see middle figure above).

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley
My chauffer cranked up the car and I took my place at the wheel.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar |Maurice Leblanc
Clayton and Alfred were liberated, loaded into an auto, the chauffer ordered to drive slowly to the Work House.

Watch Yourself Go By |Al. G. Field

Chauffer, chaw′fėr, n. a metal box for holding fire, a portable furnace or stove.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) |Various

chauffer

/ (ˈtʃɔːfə) /

a small portable heater or stove

C19: from French chauffoir, from chauffer to heat