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Stokehold

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked.

    "Yarrow's patent water tight ash pans are fitted to each boiler, to prevent the fire being extinguished by a sudden influx of water into the stokehold."

  2. 2
    (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired wordnet

Etymology

From stoke + hold.

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