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
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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
Slim was the leader of the stokehold and engine-room crew, which was entirely under the influence of the two engineers.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
Men danced on deck and shook their fists toward the cutter, while the stokehold crew took turns in coming to the rail of their hatchway and raving at the Bear.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
"There's four feet of water in the for'ard stokehold."
From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
The engine-room crew and stokehold crowd had redoubled their efforts in order to sheer the ship from the land.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
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