chain locker
nounNautical.
a compartment where the chain or cable of an anchor is stowed when the anchor is raised.
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How to use chain locker in a sentence
"That's the chain locker, where we stow things," he answered gruffly.
The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea | Janet AldridgeShe suggested breaking open the doors that led to the chain locker, but of this Harriet would not hear.
The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea | Janet AldridgeI suppose you'd call it the forecastle, but we have the fuel tanks, chain locker and lazarette here.
Boy Scouts in Southern Waters | G. Harvey RalphsonMoreover, the filling of the forepeak through the smashed chain-locker had put the ship down by the head a little.
Command | William McFeeNow forrard with you, to the chain-locker, and rouse out every inch of chain you find there.
Devil Stories | Various
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