engouffrer

to engulf, swallow up; to gobble up; to eat up; to rush, dive into

“Des pelletées de charbon et de bois furent engouffrées dans le foyer de sa chaudière, le feu se ranima, la pression monta de nouveau, et, vers deux heures après midi, la machine revenait en arrière vers la station de Kearney.” — Shovelsfull of coal and wood were engulfed in the hearth of the boiler, the fire revived, pressure increased anew, and, at about two o'clock in the afternoon, the machine returned, backwards, to Fort Kearney.

Derived from en- + gouffre + -er.