Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) A hold on a ship (a ship's hold includes the forehold and stern hold), used to store cargo during a voyage.
WordNet
n. the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo [syn: cargo area, cargo deck, hold, storage area]
Usage examples of "cargo hold".
Ky found several small chores to do until she realized she was anxious about opening the hatch, then made herself go down to cargo hold 1 and do it.
Repair crews moved into the damaged cargo hold and began rebuilding the wiring.
Then, taking one man at a time by the feet, James and Meadows hauled them under the launch to the opposite side, where they were rendered unconscious by a none too gentle rap on the back of the head before being pushed aboard and roughly dumped in a small cargo hold.
A lancet and the upper half of the creature Queex had killed in the cargo hold.
It disappeared through the hatch, where it would be delivered to Dane in the bulk cargo hold for final stowing.
Dane climbed down into the cargo hold, studying its empty space and making a few measurements of his own.
The pallet did not need a push by anyone--sliding on the rollers embedded in the floor of the self-loading cargo hold, the pallet picked up speed rapidly and actually seemed to fly for several feet before it disappeared from view.
The two hundred-plus tons of military equipment occupied only a fraction of the cargo hold, and more commands fired up the pallets’.
She was being moved, about to be loaded into the cargo hold of the booster that would lift her toward God only knew what.
The first hour up he worked in the cargo hold putting braces in place so the cargo wouldn't shift.