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
Especially the cattle in the lower hold suffered, grew weak and emaciated....
From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry
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
A tier of casks, filled with fresh water, was put into her lower hold for ballast, and all the stores necessary for the voyage were sent on board her.
From The Crater by Cooper, James Fenimore
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