slice bar

noun

a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.

Origin of slice bar

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby slice bar

slewed, sley, slezsko, slic, slice, slice bar, slice of the pie, slice-of-life, slicer, slick, slick as a whistle

Example sentences from the Web for slice bar

  • Dan jerked a slice-bar from the fire and hurled it to the floor at Larry's feet.

    The Best Short Stories of 1917 |Various

  • One night two sweet-tempered, light-complexioned coal-passers hit me together, one with a shovel, the other with a slice-bar.

    Wide Courses |James Brendan Connolly

British Dictionary definitions for slice bar

slice bar

noun

an iron bar used for raking out furnaces