Bible Dictionaries
Stokehold
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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.
Copyright StatementThese files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of
BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stokehold'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/stokehold.html. 1828.