coal-heavingn.
/ˈkəʊlˌhiːvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkoʊlˌhivɪŋ/ Now chiefly historical.
The action or task of moving or carrying coal, esp. from the hold of a ship using a shovel.
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > loading or unloading cargo > raising coal from hold
coal-heaving1704
coal-whipping1829
1704 London Gaz. No. 4019/4 A tall raw-bon'd Man..often Employed a Coal-Heaving in the River.
1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 130/1 This laborious task of coalheaving.
1884 Times 4 Feb. 7/1 The Auvergnats..hold a sort of monopoly of coal-heaving..in Paris.
1987 Times (Nexis) 22 Apr. The little black gloves looked as if the bridesmaids had all done a stint of coal-heaving shortly before the ceremony.
2004 W. Baker & I. Nadel Redifining Mod. 72 Dickens specifies coal-heaving, which involved shoveling by hand coal from the holds of colliers rather than coal-whipping, a relatively easier process, using buckets, ropes, and pulleys.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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