Tinderbox

A tinderbox, or patch box, is a container made of wood or metal containing flint, firesteel, and tinder (typically charcloth, but possibly a small quantity of dry, finely divided fibrous matter such as hemp), used together to help kindle a fire. A tinderbox may also contain sulfur-tipped matches.

For other uses, see Tinderbox (disambiguation).

Tinderboxes fell out of general usage when friction matches were invented.

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