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Stokehole   Listen
noun
Stokehole  n.  The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Stokehole" Quotes from Famous Books



... yellow, dat's what. Yellow, dat's you. Say! What's dem slobs in de foist cabin got to do wit us? We're better men dan dey are, ain't we? Sure! One of us guys could clean up de whole mob wit one mit. Put one of 'em down here for one watch in de stokehole, what'd happen? Dey'd carry him off on a stretcher. Dem boids don't amount to nothin'. Dey're just baggage. Who makes dis old tub run? Ain't it us guys? Well den, we belong, don't we? We belong and dey don't. Dat's all. [A loud chorus of approval. Yank goes on] ...
— The Hairy Ape • Eugene O'Neill



Words linked to "Stokehole" :   sailing, fireroom, stokehold, navigation, chamber



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