fireroom

[ fahyuh r-room, -roo m ]

/ ˈfaɪərˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

a chamber in which the boilers of a steam vessel are fired.

Also called stokehold, stokehole.

Origin of fireroom

1830–40; Americanism

Perhaps that explosion in the fireroom had not been meant to injure the ship seriously.

Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound |Alice B. Emerson
It was a busy time in the fireroom, but there was nothing to do on deck but watch the steamer.

Within The Enemy's Lines |Oliver Optic
The fireroom is full of water; but it looks to me as though a seacock had been opened.

Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound |Alice B. Emerson
No, only put me in the fireroom, shoveling coal in the furnace.

Dick in the Everglades |A. W. Dimock

He stood at one side as the stokers filed in from forward, ready to relieve those working in the fireroom below.

Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound |Alice B. Emerson