STOKEHOLE

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

stokehole (plural stokeholes)

The aperture through which a furnace is fed or tended.

(nautical) The place in a steamship in which stokers fed the boilers with coal; a stokehold.

Synonyms

• stokehold

Source: Wiktionary


Stoke"hole`, n.

Definition: The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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