STOKEHOLD

stokehold, stokehole, fireroom

(noun) (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stokehold (plural stokeholds)

(nautical) A chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked.

Synonyms

• fireroom

• stokehole

Source: Wiktionary


Stoke"hold`, n. (Naut.)

Definition: The space, or any of the spaces, in front of the boilers of a ship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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