ash-hole

noun2

1. •
   A hole beneath a fireplace or a receptacle in a furnace to receive falling ash.

   • As the walls rose to the level of the floors above, the great fireplace and the brick oven with its ash hole below, the smaller fireplaces for the parlor and the spare room were planned out, — 1904
2. •
   (no longer used) A hole or other space into which ashes and other waste are disposed.

   • § 19. All ash-holes or ash-houses within the said city shall be built of stone or brick, without the use of wood in any part thereof. — 1859