411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Brompton boiler
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
Etymology
In allusion to the peculiar form of the buildings, and the fact of their being mainly composed of, and covered with, sheet iron.
Noun
en UK slang obsolete historical mostly plural Any of the buildings comprising the Kensington Museum and School of Art.
en Boiler
References
en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary