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refuelling

alt. (context British English) (present participle of refuel English) n. The provision of additional fuel vb. (context British English) (present participle of refuel English)

WordNet
refuel
  1. v. provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars

  2. take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car

  3. [also: refuelling, refuelled]

refuelling

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Usage examples of "refuelling".

By this time most pilots had learned something of the job of refuelling and rearming the fighters.

At midday a few days later while we are refuelling we are again surprised by an American formation which immediately comes down to attack our aircraft.

At Debrecen a lot of time is wasted refuelling so it becomes too late to take off for Rumania before dark.

They left Jonas and Aaron to guard the Land-Rover and help with loading and refuelling for the second trip and Sally-Anne taxied out to the end of the strip 297 when it was just light enough to make out the tracks.

But though we set up the apparatus outside while Jackstraw was refuelling and Corazzini sat astride the bicycle seat and cranked the generator handle while I tapped out our call sign for almost ten unbroken minutes, no shadow of an answer came through.

Seamen who jump ship, passengers or Aeroflot crew who leave their planes at refuelling stops, or Soviet delegates who walk into foreign police stations and ask for asylum find it's not so easy.

Standing by a few miles distant were units from the bases at Isola ready if necessary to mount a distracting raid on a port known to be used by Chinese ships for refuelling and refitment - a gross breach of Yatakangi neutrality, but one which Sugaiguntung's defection would well repay.