coaling

English

Verb

coaling

1. present participle and gerund of coal

Noun

coaling (plural coalings)

1. The supplying of a ship or steam locomotive with coal.

   Synonym: bunkering (of a ship)

   • 1942 March, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes”, in Railway Magazine, page 93:

     Apart from brief intervals for watering and coaling, No. 2395 is continuously in steam each week from 4 a.m. on Monday until 3 a.m. on the following Sunday.

Derived terms

• coaling plant
• coaling stage
• coaling station
• coaling tower

Translations

loading with coal — see bunkering

References

• “coaling”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• ANGLICO, coalign