firebox
nounEtymology From fire + box. In the sense of a redheaded woman, from box (“vagina”).
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Rail transport, Railways, Transport The chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned.
- The firebox married to Britannia's boiler is not, however, in the Doncaster tradition, notwithstanding that it is comparable in dimensions to that of the "V2." […] Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles.1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 273:
2
The part of a fireplace where the fuel is burned.
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