stokehole
stokehole · stokeholes
The aperture through which a furnace is fed or tendedThe aperture through which a furnace is fed or tended.
Meaning
2 sensesThe aperture through which a furnace is fed or tended.
The place in a steamship in which stokers fed the boilers with coal; a stokehold.
More definitions
- (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired
Origin
From stoke + hole, after Dutch stookgat.From stoke + hole, after Dutch stookgat.
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Forms
plural: stokeholes| Singular | stokehole |
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