firebox
The chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned.
Noun
- 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...
- The part of a fireplace where the fuel is burned.
- A redheaded woman or her red pubic hair.
Origin
From fire + box. In the sense of a redheaded woman, from box (“vagina”).