steamchest

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A form of steam chest — A chamber in a steam engine or locomotive from which steam from the boiler is distributed to the cylinders.

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Meanings

nounsteamchest (plural steamchests)

plural steamchests

  1. alternativeAlternative form of steam chest.

    Steamchest pressures all the way were from 10 to 20 lb. per sq. in. below the boiler pressure, […].

    1957 August 29, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Perrformance”, in Railway Magazine, page 565
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APA

steamchest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steamchest

MLA

“steamchest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steamchest. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “steamchest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steamchest.

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