firestriker

English

Assorted reproduction firestrikers typical of Roman to medieval period

Alternative forms

fire striker

Etymology

fire +‎ striker

Noun

firestriker (plural firestrikers)

A piece of high-carbon steel used for striking a spark, usually kept in a tinderbox with flint and tinder.

Synonyms

firesteel

Translations

piece of steel used for striking a spark

Albanian: uror (sq) m, masat (sq) m
Arabic: مِقْدَح (miqdaḥ)
Armenian: հրահան (hy) (hrahan), չախմախ (hy) (čʿaxmax)
Finnish: karkku, tulusrauta (fi), tulirauta (fi)
French: briquet (fr) m
Georgian: კვესი (ḳvesi)
German: Feuerstahl, Feuerschläger, Schlageisen, Feuereisen (dated), Feuerschurf (dated), Pinkeisen (dated)
Italian: acciarino (it) m
Macedonian: огнило (ognilo)
Ottoman Turkish: چاقماق (çakmak)
Portuguese: eslabão m
Romanian: amnar (ro) n
Russian: креса́ло (ru) (kresálo), огни́во (ru) (ognívo)
Spanish: eslabón (es) m
Venetian: batifògo m

Further reading

Fire striker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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