Before revision: Hearth with cooking utensils A hearth () is the place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a horizontal hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos , fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
After revision: (a low, partial wall behind a hearth)Hearth with cooking utensils A hearth () is the place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a horizontal hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos , fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.