What does it mean to 'bank a fire'?

Answer 1

pull everything to the center of it

Answer 2

Banking A Fire

Answer 3

That's a skill needed by someone who burns coal. It is a means of letting the fire die down and cool down overnight without going completely out, so that the fire can be brought back to full heat in the morning by spreading the embers and adding coal. In the days of steam-driven railroad locomotives, knowing how to bank a fire was essential to the fireman's job. The fireman was the dude who took care of the loco's fire and it's water supply - he wasn't the engineer who drove the train. In many of today's modern oceangoing ships, coal is still burned to produce the steam needed to propel them. As you can see, there still is a need for such knowledge, although fewer and fewer coal fires are needed lately. And before you ask - yes, a wood fire can be banked in such a manner too.

Answer 4

I just fired a bank recently, and that meant closing the account and getting my money back.

You might be meaning how wood is stacked to be burned. You need reflection of heat to keep the fire properly burning. That is why it commonly takes two or three pieces of wood to sustain a fire. There is a zone that concentrates heat to keep things going well. In banking, you are arranging the fuel against a bigger log or perhaps a wall of rock or dirt so that the heat radiates your direction for personal warmth or cooking.

Answer 5

after the coals are down a little in the fireplace or stove then add some logs and kindleling to go smoldering thrugh the night as a warmer for the room

Answer 6

Very simply...to cover the coals or
embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low
but alive.

Answer 7

I like the explanation at the link below.

Answer 8

I think to surround it with non flammable border (so it doesn't get out of control)

Answer 9

say you want to put gum in your sister or brothers hair and in the end the gum ends up in your hair. so then you say my plan backfired