noun
long metal chopsticks; fire tongs
Used for handling charcoal, especially in a brazier (火鉢).
火鉢の炭を火箸でつまむ。
Pick up charcoal from the brazier with long metal chopsticks.
Compound of 火 (hi, 'fire') and 箸 (hashi, 'chopsticks'), with rendaku voicing of hashi to bashi.