stoker-fired

adjective

Of the firebox or furnace of a steam boiler, fed with coal by a mechanical stoker.

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Meanings

adjectivestoker-fired (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf the firebox or furnace of a steam boiler, fed with coal by a mechanical stoker.

    For successful and efficient operation, mechanical stokers must be fed with suitable coal. This has been proved time and again in all countries where stoker-fired engines are used.

    1959 November, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Clas "9" 2-10-0s: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 556
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