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
On coming aboard the ship of the line these officers were stowed away in the lower hold, next to the keel, under five decks, and many feet below the water-line.
From Privateers and Privateering by Statham, E. P.
Fuel and water would be in the lower hold under the platforms; hatches and ladderways are arranged to permit fueling the ship.
From Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran by Chapelle, Howard I. (Howard Irving)
"That's something like, Lawson," he said, with a heartiness I could see was from the lower hold.
From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William
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