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• steam chest
  steam chest

  noun

  the chamber from which steam enters the cylinder of an engine.
• steam-chest
  steam-chest

  noun

  a chamber that encloses the slide valve of a steam engine and forms a manifold for the steam supply to the valve

steam chest

American  

noun

1. the chamber from which steam enters the cylinder of an engine.

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steam-chest British  

noun

1. a chamber that encloses the slide valve of a steam engine and forms a manifold for the steam supply to the valve

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Etymology

Origin of steam chest

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

In operation it slides back and forth, opening and closing the ports which connect the steam chest with the cylinder.

From Steam Engines Machinery's Reference Series, Number 70 by Anonymous

The air was filled suddenly with scalding steam, and with screaming fragments of the bursting steam chest.

From The Pygmy Planet by Williamson, Jack

A center punch mark is then made upon the face of the steam chest.

From Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures by Various

The steam pipe n enters the bottom of the steam chest at n′.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The high pressure cylinder has a piston valve, the steam chest being shown at a.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua