a toasting-iron.

(a) a long-handled fork for toasting cheese on a fire; (hence) †a sword (obsolete); (b) a metal appliance for making cheese on toast beside a fire…

A toasting-fork. Humorously, a rapier or similar weapon. Cf. cheese-toaster n. at cheese, n.1 compounds 2.

attributive and in other combinations, as toast-burner, toast-crumb, toast-fork. Also toast-rack, n.

a fork used for toasting bread, etc.; figurative a rapier or sword.

also in combination, as toasting-jack, toasting-pan.

a device consisting of two (typically saucer-shaped) moulds on long handles, hinged together so that they may be filled, locked shut, and held over…