stokehole

English

noun
Definitions
  • The aperture through which a furnace is fed or tended.
  • (nautical) The place in a steamship in which stokers fed the boilers with coal; a stokehold.

Etymology

Compound from English stoke + English hole (miserable place, a hollow)derived from Dutch, Flemish stookgat.

Origin

Dutch (Brabantic)

stookgat

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