Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The space about the opening in a furnace or boiler.
- noun Nautical A stokehold.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The compartment of a steamer in which the furnace-fires are worked: in the United States called
fire-room .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical The place in a
steamship in whichstokers fed theboilers withcoal
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Azuma-zi had come, clad in white but insufficient raiment, out of the stokehole of the Lord Clive, from the Straits Settlements, and beyond, into London.
The Door in the Wall, and other stories Herbert George 2006
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During this time the stokehole hatches were open, but the fans were kept running at slow speed to maintain a moderate draught.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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_ -- Just returned from the engine room, having made up to the chief engineer, who took me over the machinery and stokehole.
The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" George Davidson
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To us who could go on deck when we wished it was bad enough, but to those poor fellows who had to swelter and toil in the stokehole it must have been very trying, though compared with what was yet to come this was a mere bagatelle.
In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 J. J. Smith
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Still another shell went down the funnel, disabling the stokehole and making it impossible to keep up a full head of steam.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various
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In front of it, a small furnace is constructed with vents into the Laconicum, and with a stokehole that can be very carefully closed to prevent the flames from escaping and being wasted.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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Just as the boat passed the town, in the midst of a heavy rain squall, the stokehole hatches in the deck were shut, and the dull humming roar of the fans showed that the fires were being got up.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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The explosion wrecked the stokehole just forward of amidship and, judging by the speed with which the cruiser sank, tore the bottom open.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various
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Sure what else but love for us poor bastes in the stokehole would be bringing a fine lady, dressed like a white quane, down a mile of ladders and steps to be havin a look at us?
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It put the touch of home, swate home in the stokehole.
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