In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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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