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• steam chest
  steam chest

  noun

  the chamber from which steam enters the cylinder of an engine.
• steam-chest
  steam-chest

  noun

  a chamber that encloses the slide valve of a steam engine and forms a manifold for the steam supply to the valve

steam chest

American  

noun

1. the chamber from which steam enters the cylinder of an engine.

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steam-chest British  

noun

1. a chamber that encloses the slide valve of a steam engine and forms a manifold for the steam supply to the valve

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Etymology

Origin of steam chest

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

A similar template and bush is provided for drilling the holes in the steam chest face on the cylinder, and in the steam chest itself.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The receiver is by some called the steam chest of the boiler.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

A. That either the high-pressure valve or piston packing was blowing live steam into the receiver and then into low-pressure steam chest.

From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous

It consists of a large cylindrical steam chest and two lower water-chambers, Yarrow. connected by numerous straight tubes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

The heat of the steam chest warms the type, and quickly dries the pulpy paper and the plaster of Paris.

From Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls by Anonymous