stokehold
/ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/
noun
- The compartment on a ship where the boilers and furnaces are located, and where the stokers work to feed the fires.
- The crew member descended into the stokehold to check the coal supply for the steam engines.
- Conditions in the stokehold were hot and dirty, with workers shoveling coal for hours.
- The ship's stokehold was equipped with large furnaces that powered the vessel across the ocean.