About The Word Stokehold
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Stokehold
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What's The Definition Of Stokehold?
[n] (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired
Synonyms | Synonyms for Stokehold: fireroom | stokehole Related Terms | Find terms related to Stokehold: See Also | chamber Stokehold In Webster's Dictionary \Stoke"hold`\, n. (Naut.)
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}.
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