1.
[syn: stokehold, stokehole, fireroom]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stokehold \Stoke"hold`\, n. (Naut.)
The space, or any of the spaces, in front of the boilers of a
ship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a
ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced
draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American
ships, fireroom.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fireroom \Fire"room`\, n.
Same as Stokehold, below.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fireroom
n 1: (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of
a ship are stoked or fired [syn: stokehold, stokehole,
fireroom]