chimneypiece

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

chimneypiece
    n 1: shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain
         they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: {mantel},
         {mantelpiece}, {mantle}, {mantlepiece}, {chimneypiece}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Chimney-piece \Chim"ney-piece`\, chimneypiece \chimneypiece\, n.
   (Arch.)
   A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace;
   also, the shelf that projects from wall above fireplace;
   {mantlepiece}. [Chiefly Brit.]

   Syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece.
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]