Match tub

a tub with a perforated cover for holding slow matches for firing cannon, esp. on board ship. The tub contains a little water in the bottom, for extinguishing sparks from the lighted matches.

See also: Match

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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