charcoal burner

charcoal burner (plural charcoal burners)

1. A person whose job it is to make charcoal, traditionally by carbonizing wood in a charcoal pile or kiln.
   • 1881, H.L. Brækstad (translator), Round the Yule Log: Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, page 308, "The Charcoal-Burner", translation of "Kullbrenneren", Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, in Norske Folke-Eventyr. Ny Samling 1871.

     There was once upon a time a charcoal-burner who had a son; and he was also a charcoal-burner.

2. A heater or brazier in which charcoal is burnt.
3. An edible European mushroom (Russula cyanoxantha).

   Here in Canada very few people gather charcoal burners for food, as it is tricky to identify.

• charcoal burning