stokehole

[ stohk-hohl ]

noun

1. Also stoke·hold [] fireroom.
2. a hole in a furnace through which the fire is stoked.

stokehole

/ ˈstəʊkˌhəʊl /

noun

1. another word for stokehold
2. a hole in a furnace through which it is stoked

Word History and Origins

Origin of stokehole¹

First recorded in 1650–60; stoke ¹ + hole

Example Sentences

Sulfur yellow is everywhere, from the audience’s stadium seating to a set piece for the“stokehole”of the ocean liner.

From New York Times

The “firemen” in “The Hairy Ape,” those men in the stokehole who feed the ship’s furnaces with coal, are anything but saints.

From Los Angeles Times

On this deck in the way of the boiler rooms were placed the electrically driven fans which provided ventilation to the stokeholes.

From Project Gutenberg

He was doing duty in the stokehole, when one of these loathsome creatures actually crept up under his pantaloons.

From Project Gutenberg

Sixty minutes exactly after it has been placed in the stokehole, it will blow the bottom out, and she will go down like a stone.'

From Project Gutenberg