Cornish engines

A form of Cornish engine — A kind of beam engine used mainly for pumping water from mines. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight in descending.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Cornish engine
Cite this entry
APA

Cornish engines. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cornish%20engines

MLA

“Cornish engines.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cornish%20engines. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cornish engines,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cornish%20engines.

Source: Cornish engines on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.