Ashpan

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A container beneath a boiler's furnace, catching ash and clinker that falls through the firebars
  2. 2
    A container that fits below the grate of a domestic fireplace.
  3. 3
    A large pan below the grate and firebox of a steam locomotive.

    "They have been fitted with a complete rocking grate and a hopper ashpan so that the ashes can be released without the necessity for a man to go underneath the engine."

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pan

Example

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"They have been fitted with a complete rocking grate and a hopper ashpan so that the ashes can be released without the necessity for a man to go underneath the engine."

Etymology

From ash + pan.

Related phrases

steam locomotive

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