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verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of coal
nouncoaling (plural coalings)
plural coalings
- The supplying of a ship or steam locomotive with coal.
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.
1942 March, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes”, in Railway Magazine, page 93Synonyms: bunkering
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nounThe supplying of a ship or steam locomotive with coal.
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