The Area in Front of a Fireplace
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Canada, Group 1280, Puzzle 3 (Canadian Rangers).
Question is: The Area in Front of a Fireplace
and the answer is: HEARTH
Word Meaning:
HEARTH — 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 hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
Definitions from Wiktionary.