noun
burning-hot tongs; red-hot tongs
Refers to metal tongs (火箸) that have been heated in a fire until they are red-hot or burning hot. Often used in contexts of traditional Japanese heating or as a dramatic image.
囲炉裏のそばに焼け火箸が置いてあった。
Burning-hot tongs were placed beside the sunken hearth.
焼け火箸で炭をつまむ。
Pick up charcoal with red-hot tongs.
火箸 are metal tongs used for handling charcoal or firewood; 焼け火箸 specifically refers to such tongs when they are heated red-hot.
Compound of 焼け (yake, 'burning, heated', from 焼ける) + 火箸 (hibashi, 'fire tongs'). The derivation is straightforward; the word describes tongs that have become hot from fire.