stokeholdn.
/ˈstəʊkhəʊld/, U.S. /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ a. An apartment containing the ship's boilers, where the stokers tend the furnaces.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > stokehold
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1887 W. S. Hutton Pract. Engin. Hand-bk. 112 Closed stokeholds working under air-pressure are better ventilated than open stokeholds.
1908 W. W. Jacobs Salthaven ii In the stokeholds of Vyner & Son's steamships he talked learnedly on coal with the firemen.
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1893 Westm. Gaz. 28 Dec. 5/2 At one time the water in the ship was above the level of the stokehold plates.
1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 34 Three feet [of water] were on the stokehold-floor—just slappin' to an' fro.
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