firebox in English
noun
1
the chamber of a boiler in which the fuel is burned.
The combustion chamber was an extension of the inner firebox into the boiler barrel, to give extra heating surface where the heat is the greatest.
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1. The Andiron dogs or billet bars keep the flaming logs in the firebox of the fireplace as they burn and settle
2. One-piece utility outfits first appeared in the mid 1800s, as ‘Boilersuits’ for crawling into the firebox of coal-burning steam vessels for cleaning, where a gap between jacket and pants could catch on the tight hatch of the ‘firehole’ (where coal is shoveled into the burner)