wood burner

plural wood burners · alternative wood-burner

1. UKA heater or stove that burns wood for fuel.
2. historicalrail transportA steam locomotive fuelled with wood instead of coal or oil, mainly used in areas with a plentiful supply of wood.

   These wood burners have African drivers with two African firemen who take in turn the two main duties of putting wood into the firebox and moving it forward on the tender.

   1958 February 28, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 93

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   A considerable number of engines are wood-burners, although with ample supplies of soft coal from Russia, the adherence to wood-burning may be nothing more than a form of Government subsidy to the timber trade.

   1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: Finland: The V.R in their centenary year”, in Modern Railways, page 418