chain locker

noun

, Nautical.

a compartment where the chain or cable of an anchor is stowed when the anchor is raised.

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"That's the chain locker, where we stow things," he answered gruffly.

She suggested breaking open the doors that led to the chain locker, but of this Harriet would not hear.

I suppose you'd call it the forecastle, but we have the fuel tanks, chain locker and lazarette here.

Moreover, the filling of the forepeak through the smashed chain-locker had put the ship down by the head a little.

Now forrard with you, to the chain-locker, and rouse out every inch of chain you find there.

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