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
Example Sentences
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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
The men remained in that stokehold till ordered on deck.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British
Then a Russian shouted a warning, and the chief of the stokehold crew swung from the furnaces and stared through the half light.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
The old man left him alone in the mate's room till an hour ago and then told me to take him back to the stokehold.
From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson
No. 5 boiler room was damaged at the ship's side in the starboard forward bunker at a distance of 2 feet above the stokehold plates, at 2 feet from the water-tight bulkhead between Nos.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British
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