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
Lastly he descended into the lower hold and turned on the energy of repulsion to its fullest extent, at the same time stopping the engines which had been working the propellers.
From A Honeymoon in Space by Griffith, George Chetwynd
A good deal of useful lumber was stowed in the lower hold, though the mill by this time furnished a pretty good home supply.
From The Crater by Cooper, James Fenimore
And, on first entering the lower hold, they had to make their way over hundreds of drums of naphtha.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.
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