What is "bomb chest"

Bomb \Bomb\, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. ?.]

1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.]

   A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath.
   --Bacon.

2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.

3. A bomb ketch.

   Bomb chest (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion.

   Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel.

   Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing.

   Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. ``I noticed volcanic bombs.''
   --Darwin.

Chest \Chest\ (ch[e^]st), n. [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist, cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. ki`sth. Cf. Cist, Cistern.]

1. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

   Heaps of money crowded in the chest.
   --Dryden.

2. A coffin. [Obs.]

   He is now dead and mailed in his cheste.
   --Chaucer.

3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.

4. (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.

5. (Mech.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.

   Bomb chest, See under Bomb.

   Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers.