stokehole

2 definitions found

stokehole - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stokehole \Stoke"hole`\, n.
     The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front
     of the furnace, where the stokers stand.
     [1913 Webster]

stokehole - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stokehole
      n 1: (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of
           a ship are stoked or fired [syn: stokehold, stokehole,
           fireroom]