Meanings
nouncoaling station (plural coaling stations)
plural coaling stations
- fuelling station
Britain's security does not need these places. It does not depend on coaling stations in the Atlantic. France survives without any longer owning Senegal and Pondicherry, and Portugal without São Tomé and Goa.
2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
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