stove-in

“They were working through the night to shore up that stove-in part of the hull in the starboard for'ard coal-storage bin.”

The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

The patient, an elderly woman with a stove-in chest; came back to the ward very shortly and Eugenia dealt with her needs with her usual calm.

Heidelberg Wedding Neels, Betty 1984

Brother Cadfael picked up the sorry remnant and examined ruefully its stove-in ribs and trailing, tangled strings.

The Sanctuary Sparrow Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1983

He was sure that if he could nail planks inside, just where she had been stove-in by the rocks, he could patch her up well enough for her to sail home.

The Adventurous Four Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

It had become ignited aft and had cut off all retreat by the stove-in boat.

Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"

The boat was afterwards found to be stove-in in two places, though the breaks were easily patched up subsequently.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

The deck-rings holding the motor-launch drew, the launch itself was sprung and its decking stove-in.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

They ran down to where Abishal's craft had vanished; found two or three trawl-tubs, a gin-bottle, and a stove-in dory, but nothing more.

Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900

They found nothing, however, but a few empty bottles and stove-in barrels.

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

Presently I heard a sound of breaking wood, and going on deck, found that the Gilbert Islanders had stove-in the starboard quarter-boat and the long-boat (the latter was on deck).

The Call Of The South 1908 Louis Becke 1884