lower hold
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It may have fallen from the main deck, perhaps in a fire that consumed the ship, down to the lower hold.
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2010
We commenced to cut open the decks in different parts of the ship, but unfortunately for us our provisions were mostly in the lower hold and could not be come at.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lower hold of this huge four-master had been entirely cleared, and into this receptacle the devoted elephants were lowered by a gigantic steam crane.
From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary)
The next morning I was awakened by a rumbling in the lower hold, as if the cargo was being shifted.
From A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
Our freight was wheat in the lower hold, flour betwixt decks, and cotton on deck.
From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by Cooper, James Fenimore
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