Stokehold (Noun)
Meaning
(nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The ship's stokehold was a cramped space where the crew labored to keep the engines running.
- As a young sailor, his job was to work in the stokehold and shovel coal into the furnaces.
- The heat in the stokehold made it one of the most challenging jobs on the vessel.
- In the days of coal-fired steamships, the stokehold was a critical component of the engine room.
- After a long voyage, the crew in the stokehold was exhausted from feeding the insatiable furnaces.