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
She was struck between the stokehold and No. 2 hold, both of which were blown in.
From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various
They were arranged for working under natural draft, assisted by fans, which blew air into the open stokehold.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British
Then stand by to pick Mr. Hobson up if he follows you, and carry him down to the stokehold.
From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson
Several deck-hands were, however, needed before he was conveyed into the stokehold and left in front of a bunker with a shovel in his hand.
From Thrice Armed by Bindloss, Harold
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