firing

mastery
UK /ˈfaɪ.əɹ.ɪŋ/ US /ˈfaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/noun

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What does 'firing' mean in this sentence?

Downstairs there was a kitchen common to all lodgers, with free firing and a supply of cooking-pots, tea-basins, and toasting-forks.