MEANING
A large outdoor fire, especially one lit as a signal or for a public ceremony.
Use it for
A scene needs a distant signal fire or a deliberately old-fashioned outdoor blaze.Creates a period or Gothic image of a warning flame visible across a valley or among ruins.
On the page
The watchman kindled a balefire on the ridge to warn the valley.
Word forms
- Base
- balefire
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