火か夫ふ

noun

fireman; stoker

Refers to a person who tends a fire, especially in a steam engine or boiler room. The term is somewhat dated and now mostly historical or technical.

• 蒸じょう気き機き関かん車しゃの火か夫ふは、石せき炭たんをくべて火ひを絶たやさないようにしていた。

  The fireman on the steam locomotive kept the fire going by shoveling coal.