The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coal \Coal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Coaling.]
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To burn to charcoal; to char. [R.]
Charcoal of roots, coaled into great pieces.
--Bacon. To mark or delineate with charcoal.
--Camden.To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of coal English)
WordNet
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Housing Units (2000): 458
Land area (2000): 3.672114 sq. miles (9.510730 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.055242 sq. miles (0.143077 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.727356 sq. miles (9.653807 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16000
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 33.169442 N, 87.345859 W
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Headwords:
Coaling
Wikipedia
Coaling can refer to:
- Coaling, Alabama
- Coaling Island, an area of reclaimed land in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar
- Coaling (ships)
The era of the steam warship powered exclusively by coal was relatively brief, lasting from 1871 until 1914. Although the French ironclad Gloire and the iron hulled HMS Warrior in 1860 both had funnels, the purpose was to provide additional speed in battle. Sails provided the main propulsion the rest of the time so, unlike HMS Devastation (1871) the first ship built without sails, these were not true steamships. Although much faster than sail the lengthy refueling or coaling required by steam ships brought considerable additional risk to the ship and hardship to the crew leading to the replacement of coal by oil.
The fuel itself also required maintenance. Coal cannot be pumped and once loaded, it had to be continuously moved to ensure bunkers nearest the boilers were always full should full power be suddenly needed. These problems were sufficiently serious for the Royal Navy to build HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913) as an oil only ship despite the abundance of coal and shortage of oil in the UK.
Usage examples of "coaling".
John Mangles was equally busy in coaling the vessel, that she might weigh anchor at the same time.
It made sense they told each other, to set up their shipbroking business in one of the great coaling ports of Europe.
This afternoon the false coaling station plans are to be turned over to our accomplice in the War Department and in exchange he is to give us something else - the secret of which I spoke.
Hay and Adams had thought, from the beginning, that a coaling station for the American fleet would be sufficient recompense for the splendors and miseries of the small war.
But Spargus insisted on Gibbs doing the coaling, seeing that he was a joiner and that coal is notoriously fossil wood.