coalingn.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊlɪŋ/

Forms: see coal n. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: coal n., -ing suffix¹; coal v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < coal n. + -ing suffix¹. In later use also partly < coal v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action, process, or business of mining for or dealing in coal.

ΚΠ

1457 in W. Fraser Stirlings of Keir (1858) 231 To be hade..the forsaide lande..in peting, turwing, and coling.

1625 Exchequer Decree in J. U. Nef Rise Brit. Coal Industry (1932) II. iv. iii. 129 [The right to practice the] trade of coalinge.

1831 Reg. Pennsylvania 15 Jan. 71/2 Coaling has for some years past, formed a small business farther up the river... One mine only has been fully opened here.

1900 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 439 (caption) Coaling in the Waigat. (The coal was dug from the cliffs and loaded in gunny sacks.)

1997 T. N. Singh & P. K. Mondal in S. K. Sarkar Ground Control in Mining 158 Intermediate technology in respect of coaling and coal handling was adopted.

2. The conversion of wood into charcoal. Now rare (chiefly historical).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making charcoal or coke > [noun]

coaling1542

charking1655

coking1791

charring1802

carbonizing1804

1542–3 in D. W. Crossley Sidney Ironworks Accts. 1541–73 (1975) 52 Item..unto the Colyers for Colinge.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 21 Copswoods..imployed to coaling, for blowing of Tynne.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xxx.100 The wood cut, and set in stacks ready for the Coaling.

1725 Brice's Weekly Jrnl. (Exeter) 25 Sept. A large Coppice, fit for Coaling or Faggot-Wood.

1770 J. Priestley Charcoal in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 60 212 All vegetable substances are considerably contracted in all their dimensions, by the process of coaling.

1838 in Farmers' Reg. (1839) July 392/1 In the winter I hauled off the wood and piled it up for coaling.

1878 F. B. Hough Rep. upon Forestry 126 A tract of 13500 acres would furnish a permanent supply, and a new growth would be fit for coaling in 25 years.

1905 Country Life 20 May 717/1 The time between August and November is spent in preparing the wood for coaling, and for transport.

2003 J. Bezís-Selfa Forging Amer. (2004) i. 27 Of all the activities associated with making iron, felling trees and chopping wood for coaling demanded the most labor.

3. The action of providing or taking on a supply of coal. Now chiefly historical.

a. With reference to steamships.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > bunkering

coaling1840

bunkering1899

oiling1906

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > action or process of taking in a supply of

coaling1840

1840 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 31 ii. 99/2 The Precursor of, say 1400 tons and 450-horse power (allowing her twenty-four hours for coaling at Point de Galle, and the same at Aden, instead of the proposed stoppages of the Comprehensives), shall reach Suez.

1887 Athenæum 14 May 633/3 She [sc. a ship] was able to do most of her work without steam..doing away with the necessity for frequent coaling.

1903 Daily Chron. 25 June 4/5 An opportunity of witnessing the coaling of the flagship Majestic by the new Temperley tower transporter.

1927 Travel Nov. 11/2 The next few days were spent in swift visits to St. Lucia, a tiny island whose sole industry is the coaling of ships.

1996 B. Nightingale Seven Rivers to Cross xiii. 214 The Kristina was elderly, wooden and previously used for coaling and as a church ship.

b. In other contexts.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > action or process of supplying

coaling1870

1870 Law Times Rep. 21 261/2 An engine which had just come off a journey had, in accordance with the usual practice in such cases, been given in charge by its driver and stoker to a servant of the company, whose business it was to see to the coaling of the engines.

1889 Daily News 6 Dec. 3/3 The coal porters will come out, making the strike a general one, and stopping the coaling of all gas stations. The executives of the various unions dealing with the coaling of London are at present discussing the question.

1920 Brick & Clay Rec. 10 Aug. 216/1 There is also another circular transfer track within the circle of kilns. This makes the coaling of the kilns quite convenient.

2008 M. Bichard Baskets in Europe 138 To enable quick coaling of the steam engines, large numbers of 50 litre baskets were filled with coal and stacked on raised platforms along the tracks.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

ΚΠ

1778 W. Whiting Let. 16 Nov. in G. Washington Papers (2008) Revolutionary War Ser. XVIII. 256 We Should employ..Sixteen colliers and furnish them with Coaling tools [for making charcoal].

1783 J. Brown Rep. High Court Parl. 7 406 Anne Bull..assigned..all her right in the said coaling lease... [and] the said mines and coal works.

1849 Agreement 29 Aug. in Henry P. Scalf Kentucky's Last Frontier (2000) 198 [To] carry on lumbering and coaling business..[and be] equal partners in sawing lumber..and digging coal.

1893 Whitby Gaz. 3 Feb. 2/6 The foreign coaling clause in the outward coal charter bound them to bunker with the agents of the charterers.

1948 K. Little Negroes in Brit. i. i. 56 The growth of the city [sc. Cardiff]..was largely due to its position as a very important coaling and coal-exporting port.

2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 152/2 Then she remained as a coaling hulk.

C2.

coaling base n. now chiefly historical = coaling station n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > place to renew supplies > of coal

coaling station1840

coaling place1844

coaling base1884

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Sept. 5/2 The fighting powers of an ironclad depends upon coal. Every mile from her coaling base tends to reduce her from a formidable engine of war into a mere floating target.

1916 Cassier's Engin. Monthly 50 180/2 Every time a cruiser retires from the patrolling line the blockade is weakened, to say nothing of the danger of attacks by submarines which lie in wait on the route to and from the coaling base.

2009 Atlantic Free Press (Nexis) 28 Oct. After the Civil War, the U.S. began to acquire coaling bases in the Pacific.

coaling place n. now chiefly historical = coaling station n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > place to renew supplies > of coal

coaling station1840

coaling place1844

coaling base1884

1844 Morning Post 15 Feb. 4 The supposition is, she has become short of fuel at a great distance from any coaling place.

1880 C. M. Mason Forty Shires 10 Stockton..is a ship-building and coaling place.

1994 P. R. Spickard & K. M. Cragg Global Hist. Christians xii. 294 As might be expected, Britain, with the largest fleet, required many of these coaling places.

coaling money n. now historical money paid for supplying or dealing in coal; spec. (in quot. 1708) money given as a gratuity to labourers employed to dig a mineshaft.

ΚΠ

1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 11 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) A Piece or Guinea, to Drink the good Success of the Colliery..is called their Coaling-Money.

1887 Birmingham Daily Post 26 Mar. 6/6 The contractor..told them that if Mr. Whiley knew of their application he would be very angry, as he wanted the coaling money himself.

1984 Labour/Le Travail 14 75 The owners..collected from the sealers a fee called ‘coaling money’, supposedly to compensate themselves for loading the necessary coal before the voyage.

coaling station n. a port designed and used for loading coal, esp. (now historical) to supply steam vessels with fuel.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > place to renew supplies > of coal

coaling station1840

coaling place1844

coaling base1884

1840 R. Bourne 8 June in Sessional Papers (House of Lords) (1841) XIX. 36 The advantages of price in the article of coal is greatly overbalanced by the imperfections of the port, to avoid which the owners of the Peninsula mail steamers removed their coaling station to Stonehouse Pool.

1884 Ann. Reg. 261 The coaling stations on the road to Australia.

1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 88 There are virtually no deciduous trees, aside from a few beeches seen halfway along the Strait near the modern coaling-station of Punta Arenas.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	coaling
释义	coalingn. Brit. /ˈkəʊlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkoʊlɪŋ/ Forms: see coal n. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: coal n., -ing suffix¹; coal v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < coal n. + -ing suffix¹. In later use also partly < coal v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action, process, or business of mining for or dealing in coal. ΚΠ 1457 in W. Fraser Stirlings of Keir (1858) 231 To be hade..the forsaide lande..in peting, turwing, and coling. 1625 Exchequer Decree in J. U. Nef Rise Brit. Coal Industry (1932) II. iv. iii. 129 [The right to practice the] trade of coalinge. 1831 Reg. Pennsylvania 15 Jan. 71/2 Coaling has for some years past, formed a small business farther up the river... One mine only has been fully opened here. 1900 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 439 (caption) Coaling in the Waigat. (The coal was dug from the cliffs and loaded in gunny sacks.) 1997 T. N. Singh & P. K. Mondal in S. K. Sarkar Ground Control in Mining 158 Intermediate technology in respect of coaling and coal handling was adopted. 2. The conversion of wood into charcoal. Now rare (chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making charcoal or coke > [noun] coaling1542 charking1655 coking1791 charring1802 carbonizing1804 1542–3 in D. W. Crossley Sidney Ironworks Accts. 1541–73 (1975) 52 Item..unto the Colyers for Colinge. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 21 Copswoods..imployed to coaling, for blowing of Tynne. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xxx.100 The wood cut, and set in stacks ready for the Coaling. 1725 Brice's Weekly Jrnl. (Exeter) 25 Sept. A large Coppice, fit for Coaling or Faggot-Wood. 1770 J. Priestley Charcoal in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 60 212 All vegetable substances are considerably contracted in all their dimensions, by the process of coaling. 1838 in Farmers' Reg. (1839) July 392/1 In the winter I hauled off the wood and piled it up for coaling. 1878 F. B. Hough Rep. upon Forestry 126 A tract of 13500 acres would furnish a permanent supply, and a new growth would be fit for coaling in 25 years. 1905 Country Life 20 May 717/1 The time between August and November is spent in preparing the wood for coaling, and for transport. 2003 J. Bezís-Selfa Forging Amer. (2004) i. 27 Of all the activities associated with making iron, felling trees and chopping wood for coaling demanded the most labor. 3. The action of providing or taking on a supply of coal. Now chiefly historical. a. With reference to steamships. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > bunkering coaling1840 bunkering1899 oiling1906 society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > action or process of taking in a supply of coaling1840 1840 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 31 ii. 99/2 The Precursor of, say 1400 tons and 450-horse power (allowing her twenty-four hours for coaling at Point de Galle, and the same at Aden, instead of the proposed stoppages of the Comprehensives), shall reach Suez. 1887 Athenæum 14 May 633/3 She [sc. a ship] was able to do most of her work without steam..doing away with the necessity for frequent coaling. 1903 Daily Chron. 25 June 4/5 An opportunity of witnessing the coaling of the flagship Majestic by the new Temperley tower transporter. 1927 Travel Nov. 11/2 The next few days were spent in swift visits to St. Lucia, a tiny island whose sole industry is the coaling of ships. 1996 B. Nightingale Seven Rivers to Cross xiii. 214 The Kristina was elderly, wooden and previously used for coaling and as a church ship. b. In other contexts. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > action or process of supplying coaling1870 1870 Law Times Rep. 21 261/2 An engine which had just come off a journey had, in accordance with the usual practice in such cases, been given in charge by its driver and stoker to a servant of the company, whose business it was to see to the coaling of the engines. 1889 Daily News 6 Dec. 3/3 The coal porters will come out, making the strike a general one, and stopping the coaling of all gas stations. The executives of the various unions dealing with the coaling of London are at present discussing the question. 1920 Brick & Clay Rec. 10 Aug. 216/1 There is also another circular transfer track within the circle of kilns. This makes the coaling of the kilns quite convenient. 2008 M. Bichard Baskets in Europe 138 To enable quick coaling of the steam engines, large numbers of 50 litre baskets were filled with coal and stacked on raised platforms along the tracks. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1778 W. Whiting Let. 16 Nov. in G. Washington Papers (2008) Revolutionary War Ser. XVIII. 256 We Should employ..Sixteen colliers and furnish them with Coaling tools [for making charcoal]. 1783 J. Brown Rep. High Court Parl. 7 406 Anne Bull..assigned..all her right in the said coaling lease... [and] the said mines and coal works. 1849 Agreement 29 Aug. in Henry P. Scalf Kentucky's Last Frontier (2000) 198 [To] carry on lumbering and coaling business..[and be] equal partners in sawing lumber..and digging coal. 1893 Whitby Gaz. 3 Feb. 2/6 The foreign coaling clause in the outward coal charter bound them to bunker with the agents of the charterers. 1948 K. Little Negroes in Brit. i. i. 56 The growth of the city [sc. Cardiff]..was largely due to its position as a very important coaling and coal-exporting port. 2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 152/2 Then she remained as a coaling hulk. C2. coaling base n. now chiefly historical = coaling station n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > place to renew supplies > of coal coaling station1840 coaling place1844 coaling base1884 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Sept. 5/2 The fighting powers of an ironclad depends upon coal. Every mile from her coaling base tends to reduce her from a formidable engine of war into a mere floating target. 1916 Cassier's Engin. Monthly 50 180/2 Every time a cruiser retires from the patrolling line the blockade is weakened, to say nothing of the danger of attacks by submarines which lie in wait on the route to and from the coaling base. 2009 Atlantic Free Press (Nexis) 28 Oct. After the Civil War, the U.S. began to acquire coaling bases in the Pacific. coaling place n. now chiefly historical = coaling station n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > place to renew supplies > of coal coaling station1840 coaling place1844 coaling base1884 1844 Morning Post 15 Feb. 4 The supposition is, she has become short of fuel at a great distance from any coaling place. 1880 C. M. Mason Forty Shires 10 Stockton..is a ship-building and coaling place. 1994 P. R. Spickard & K. M. Cragg Global Hist. Christians xii. 294 As might be expected, Britain, with the largest fleet, required many of these coaling places. coaling money n. now historical money paid for supplying or dealing in coal; spec. (in quot. 1708) money given as a gratuity to labourers employed to dig a mineshaft. ΚΠ 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 11 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) A Piece or Guinea, to Drink the good Success of the Colliery..is called their Coaling-Money. 1887 Birmingham Daily Post 26 Mar. 6/6 The contractor..told them that if Mr. Whiley knew of their application he would be very angry, as he wanted the coaling money himself. 1984 Labour/Le Travail 14 75 The owners..collected from the sealers a fee called ‘coaling money’, supposedly to compensate themselves for loading the necessary coal before the voyage. coaling station n. a port designed and used for loading coal, esp. (now historical) to supply steam vessels with fuel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > place to renew supplies > of coal coaling station1840 coaling place1844 coaling base1884 1840 R. Bourne 8 June in Sessional Papers (House of Lords) (1841) XIX. 36 The advantages of price in the article of coal is greatly overbalanced by the imperfections of the port, to avoid which the owners of the Peninsula mail steamers removed their coaling station to Stonehouse Pool. 1884 Ann. Reg. 261 The coaling stations on the road to Australia. 1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 88 There are virtually no deciduous trees, aside from a few beeches seen halfway along the Strait near the modern coaling-station of Punta Arenas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1457
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