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Answer for the clue "(nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired ", 9 letters:
stokehold

Word definitions for stokehold in dictionaries

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

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (cx nautical English) a chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...

Usage examples of stokehold.

The axle itself crossed this stokehold from side to side, piercing through the spindles.

He and his mate were in the stokehold of a Dago steamboat coming from the River Plate to Genoa, and calling at some of the Western Islands en route.

From the stokehold grating came the merry whistle of a happy fireman whose spirits were proof against the discomfort of his work.

I should be proud to have been with you in the stokehold of the Benvenuto.

Unfortunately, the explosion in the stokehold had killed the chief engineer and one of his juniors, while six stokers were dead and several injured.

It sputtered and choked, because the stokehold was full of water and the fires were halfdrowned, and at last gave out a moan.

As in the stokehold he had been cursed by those above him, so now did he curse those beneath him.