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)
At present I have a beautiful greenish-orange feeling in my lower hold; in an hour or so it'll change to purplish-pink and my face will change from yellow to green.
From Gold Out of Celebes by Dingle, Aylward Edward
Chief Steward Slichow led his little command, less two third-class ration keepers thought to have been trapped in the lower hold, to a point two hundred meters from the steaming hull of the Peace State.
From The Talkative Tree by Fyfe, Horace Brown
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