stokehold
Britishnoun
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a coal bunker for a ship's furnace
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the hold for a ship's boilers; fire room
Example Sentences
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This writer after four hours on watch in the hot stokehold has rushed topsides to finish Homer's Iliad.
From Time Magazine Archive
The glare which filled the stokehold as he opened the door gave Stirling an opportunity.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
If he's willing to work in the stokehold," he stipulated, "I don't think Captain Dove would ever know he's on board the ship.
From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson
Even on the ship she had sought distress—in the stokehold, in the steerage and the second cabin.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
Superspeed, a fair wind, and a straining stokehold crew, made the slight difference.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
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