ashpan
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2ADJ.
fitted, new
VERB + ASHPAN
enter
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noun
A container beneath a boiler's furnace, catching ash and clinker that falls through the firebars
A container that fits below the grate of a domestic fireplace.
A large pan below the grate and firebox of a steam locomotive.
They have been fitted with a complete rocking grate and a hopper ashpan so that the ashes can be released without the necessity for a man to go underneath the engine.
A new ashpan has been fitted, however, with four bottom doors for self-emptying, and a rocking grate with twelve rocking sections.
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3They have been fitted with a complete rocking grate and a hopper ashpan so that the ashes can be released without the necessity for a man to go underneath the engine.
WiktionaryA new ashpan has been fitted, however, with four bottom doors for self-emptying, and a rocking grate with twelve rocking sections.
WiktionaryDuring the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river
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