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coaling, vbl. n.|ˈkəʊlɪŋ|
[f. coal v. + -ing1.]
†1. Conversion into charcoal. Obs.
1602Carew Cornwall 21 a, Copswoods..imployed to coaling for blowing of Tynne. 1725Brice's Wkly. (Exeter) Jrnl. 25 Sept., A large Coppice, fit for Coaling or Faggot-Wood. 1770Priestley Charcoal in Phil. Trans. LX. 212.
2. Taking in of coal (by a steam-ship, etc.).
1887Athenæum 14 May 633/3 The necessity for frequent coaling.
3. Supplying with coal.
1888Newspaper Dec., The coal-porters will strike and stop the coaling of the gas stations..The coaling of London.
4. attrib. and Comb., as coaling base, coaling place, coaling station, a port specially fitted out and used for supplying steam-ships with coal; also † coaling-money (see quot.).
1708J. C. Compl. Collier (1845) 31 A Piece or Guinea, to Drink the good Success of the Colliery..is called their Coaling-Money. 1870Echo 9 Nov., The use of the roadstead as a coaling station is not very conspicuous. 1880C. M. Mason Forty Shires 10 Stockton..is a ship-building and coaling place. 1884Ann. Reg. 261 The coaling stations on the road to Australia. |