Definition of "fire-box" [fire-box]

• The box (sometimes made of copper) in which the fire in a locomotive is placed, surrounded on the outside by an iron casing which is separated from the inner fire-box by a space of about three inches all round, filled with water, to prevent the radiation of heat. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "A spluttering candle showed the one occupant, a man, down on his knees and blowing lustily into the fire-box of a smoky Yukon stove."
• "The smoke, smothered in its exit, drove back through the fire-box door, carrying with it the pungent odor of green spruce."
• "Tommy pulled the flaps together hastily, and returned to his tearful task at the fire-box."