firemaking
Noun
The act or process of making a fire; especially, the skill in getting a fire going, even despite adverse conditions, such as wet weather, darkness, and so on.
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To his pleasure his father proved to be well versed in the art of firemaking and of cooking in the open.
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She laboriously drilled holes through each piece of bone with a hand driller bow and pointed wood spike such as that used for firemaking, and a small piece of flint attached to a wooden shaft with a string of animal hide.
She was right about the smell, so I walked a little distance away from the bustle and hurry of unsaddling and firemaking till I came to a small irrigation channel.