shaft alley
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A faint light from the engine room illuminated the forward end of the shaft alley, and he crawled to this opening and peered through.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
The glow from the overhead sun which streamed through the deck light brought out the details of the shaft alley as far aft as the second coupling.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
Out of the shaft alley came Scraggs with a rush, tossing his wrench aside the better to climb the ladder.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Gordon Grant
He called a fireman and gave him some very explicit orders in German; whereupon the man disappeared in the shaft alley.
From Cappy Ricks Retires by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
He traced these seams and found that they ended in a coaming at each side of the shaft alley.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
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