bunkeringn.
/ˈbʌŋkərɪŋ/ 1. The action of filling a ship's bunkers with coal or oil. Also attributive.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > bunkering
coaling1840
bunkering1899
oiling1906
1899 Westm. Gaz. 7 Nov. 9/3 It is thought that the North country coal will be used by transports for bunkering.
1920 Act 10 & 11 George V c. 50 §3 Regulating the export of coal and the supply of coal for the bunkering of vessels.
1922 Daily Mail 9 Nov. 3 A group of foreign bunkering depots.
1958 Times Rev. Industry May 51/3 The bunkering trade has increased in proportion to output and Kuwait now delivers well over one million tons of bunker oils a year to ocean-going vessels.
2. The action of furnishing (a golf course) with bunkers.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of play
putting1690
short game1858
approach1879
iron play1879
pitch1889
duffing1890
hook1890
loft1890
lofting1895
slicing1899
bunkering1909
socketing1911
shanking1924
foozling1927
Stableford1937
shotmaking1969
1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 12/2 The final bunkering of the course.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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