lum
lum — noun
1. a pipe or passage built into a wall or roof that carries smoke away from a firep
a pipe or passage built into a wall or roof that carries smoke away from a fireplace, stove, or furnace to the open air outside the building
Snow lay around the stone lum while smoke rose into the grey sky.
'stone lum' — adjective + dialect noun describing a chimney built of stone
Before winter, Theo hired someone to clean the lum and check for loose bricks.
'clean the lum' — verb + dialect noun showing the chimney as the object of maintenance work
A tall brick lum stood at each end of the old village school roof.
When the wind blew hard, smoke came back down the lum and filled Maeve's kitchen.
The gardener noticed a bird's nest inside the lum, blocking the smoke from rising properly.
用法筆記
This word is a dialect term used mainly in Scotland and northern England. The standard English word for the same thing is chimney. Learners may encounter it in Scottish literature or regional speech but rarely in international English.