diff --git a/packages/web/src/App.svelte b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
index 47859f0..25fd65f 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -938,6 +938,9 @@
     clearSelection();
   }
 
+  // Press-and-hold on a wall/door/fire segment (touch has no hover).
+  let peekEdge = $state<string | null>(null);
+
   // A shimmering illusion wall, tapped or bumped: offer the belief test.
   let illusionPrompt = $state<{ cell: { x: number; y: number }; side: Side } | null>(null);
   function illusionEdgeParts(key: string): { cell: { x: number; y: number }; side: Side } {
@@ -1130,11 +1133,13 @@
     </div>
   {/if}
 
-  {#if peekCard || discardPeek || peekTreasure}
+  {#if peekCard || discardPeek || peekTreasure || peekEdge}
     <div class="big-peek-scrim" role="button" tabindex="-1"
-      onclick={() => { peekCard = null; peekCreatureId = null; peekToken = null; discardPeek = null; peekTreasure = null; }} onkeydown={() => {}}>
+      onclick={() => { peekCard = null; peekCreatureId = null; peekToken = null; discardPeek = null; peekTreasure = null; peekEdge = null; }} onkeydown={() => {}}>
       <div class="big-peek">
-        {#if peekTreasure}
+        {#if peekEdge}
+          <div class="peek-note big-peek-note">{peekEdge}</div>
+        {:else if peekTreasure}
           <img class="big-peek-token" src={peekTreasure.src} alt="" />
           <div class="peek-note big-peek-note">{peekTreasure.note}</div>
         {:else}
@@ -1559,6 +1564,7 @@
           onGhostClick={clickGhostSlot}
           onCellPeek={(c) => peekAt(c)}
           onIllusionClick={(cell, side) => (illusionPrompt = { cell, side })}
+          onEdgePeek={(tip) => (peekEdge = tip)}
           {litCells}
           {sightTrace}
         />
diff --git a/packages/web/src/Board.svelte b/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
index 42e3df7..fb769fa 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/Board.svelte
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     onWarpClick,
     onCellPeek,
     onIllusionClick,
+    onEdgePeek,
     markedCell = null,
     markedCells = null,
     litCells = null,
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@
     onCellPeek?: (cell: { x: number; y: number }) => void;
     /** Tap on a shimmering (untested) illusion wall: offer the belief test. */
     onIllusionClick?: (cell: { x: number; y: number }, side: Side) => void;
+    /** Press-and-hold a wall/door/fire segment: its tooltip, for touch. */
+    onEdgePeek?: (tip: string) => void;
     /** First square of a two-square spell: marked so the click reads as taken. */
     markedCell?: { x: number; y: number } | null;
     /** A multi-square placement in progress (boobytrap tokens), in click
@@ -387,7 +390,7 @@
   <!-- walls & doors & firewalls -->
   {#each edges as e (`${e.kind}:${e.x},${e.y}`)}
     {#if e.state === "firewall"}
-      <FirewallEdge x={e.x} y={e.y} kind={e.kind === "V" ? "V" : "H"} />
+      <FirewallEdge x={e.x} y={e.y} kind={e.kind === "V" ? "V" : "H"} onpeek={onEdgePeek} />
     {:else}
       {@const lockTitle = e.lock === "removed" ? "lock removed — swings free"
         : e.lock === "jammed" ? "lock jammed — sealed for good"
@@ -396,7 +399,8 @@
       <EdgeGlyph x={e.x} y={e.y} kind={e.kind === "V" ? "V" : "H"}
         state={e.state === "door" ? "door" : "wall"}
         lock={(e.lock ?? null) as "removed" | "jammed" | "held" | "ajar" | null}
-        title={lockTitle} damage={view.wallDamage[`${e.kind}:${e.x},${e.y}`] ?? 0} />
+        title={lockTitle} damage={view.wallDamage[`${e.kind}:${e.x},${e.y}`] ?? 0}
+        onpeek={onEdgePeek} />
     {/if}
   {/each}
 
diff --git a/packages/web/src/EdgeGlyph.svelte b/packages/web/src/EdgeGlyph.svelte
index a122d74..f3deacc 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/EdgeGlyph.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/EdgeGlyph.svelte
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
   // A wall or door on an edge, exactly as the board draws it. Wall-segment
   // effects (locks picked, jammed, removed; doors held) are color states of
   // this one glyph — the game has never used tokens for them.
-  let { x, y, kind, state, lock = null, title = null, damage = 0 }: {
+  let { x, y, kind, state, lock = null, title = null, damage = 0, onpeek }: {
     x: number; y: number; kind: "V" | "H";
     state: "wall" | "door";
     lock?: "removed" | "jammed" | "held" | "ajar" | null;
     title?: string | null;
     /** Battle damage taken so far (walls fall at 20, doors at 15). */
     damage?: number;
+    /** Press-and-hold (touch has no hover): report the tooltip's text. */
+    onpeek?: (tip: string) => void;
   } = $props();
   const CELL = 48;
   const WALL = 7;
@@ -19,6 +21,17 @@
     ? `${Math.max(0, needed - damage)} of ${needed} hitpoints left`
     : `${needed} hitpoints`);
   const tip = $derived(`${title ?? (state === "door" ? "a locked door" : "a wall")} — ${hp}`);
+
+  // Press-and-hold peeks the segment, mirroring the board's cell gesture.
+  let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+  function press() {
+    if (!onpeek) return;
+    timer = setTimeout(() => onpeek?.(tip), 450);
+  }
+  function release() {
+    if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+    timer = null;
+  }
 </script>
 
 {#if kind === "V"}
@@ -26,12 +39,14 @@
     x={(x + 1) * CELL - WALL / 2} y={y * CELL - WALL / 2}
     width={WALL} height={CELL + WALL}
     class={cls}
+    role="img" onpointerdown={press} onpointerup={release} onpointerleave={release}
   ><title>{tip}</title></rect>
 {:else}
   <rect
     x={x * CELL - WALL / 2} y={(y + 1) * CELL - WALL / 2}
     width={CELL + WALL} height={WALL}
     class={cls}
+    role="img" onpointerdown={press} onpointerup={release} onpointerleave={release}
   ><title>{tip}</title></rect>
 {/if}
 
diff --git a/packages/web/src/FirewallEdge.svelte b/packages/web/src/FirewallEdge.svelte
index f0ad391..0a713bc 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/FirewallEdge.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/FirewallEdge.svelte
@@ -2,7 +2,21 @@
   // A standing WALL OF FIRE: board furniture, not a flourish — it burns for
   // as long as the spell holds, so the animation is pure CSS on a handful
   // of shapes (no turbulence filters; those are budgeted for one-shot fx).
-  let { x, y, kind }: { x: number; y: number; kind: "V" | "H" } = $props();
+  let { x, y, kind, onpeek }: {
+    x: number; y: number; kind: "V" | "H";
+    /** Press-and-hold (touch has no hover): report what this fire is. */
+    onpeek?: (tip: string) => void;
+  } = $props();
+  const TIP = "a wall of fire — passing through burns for 4";
+  let peekTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+  function press() {
+    if (!onpeek) return;
+    peekTimer = setTimeout(() => onpeek?.(TIP), 450);
+  }
+  function release() {
+    if (peekTimer) clearTimeout(peekTimer);
+    peekTimer = null;
+  }
   const uid = $props.id();
   const CELL = 48;
   const WALL = 7;
@@ -42,10 +56,12 @@
   <!-- the burning bar itself, seated on the wall line -->
   {#if kind === "V"}
     <rect x={-WALL / 2} y={-CELL / 2 - 2} width={WALL} height={CELL + 4} rx="3"
-      fill={`url(#fw-bar-${uid})`} class="fw-bar" />
+      fill={`url(#fw-bar-${uid})`} class="fw-bar"
+      role="img" onpointerdown={press} onpointerup={release} onpointerleave={release} />
   {:else}
     <rect x={-CELL / 2 - 2} y={-WALL / 2} width={CELL + 4} height={WALL} rx="3"
-      fill={`url(#fw-bar-${uid})`} class="fw-bar" />
+      fill={`url(#fw-bar-${uid})`} class="fw-bar"
+      role="img" onpointerdown={press} onpointerup={release} onpointerleave={release} />
   {/if}
   <!-- tongues of flame, each licking on its own beat -->
   {#each TONGUES as f (f.t)}