Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place for storing coal for use; specifically, in steamships, the place where coal for the furnace is stored.
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Examples
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We had a coal-bunker on the port side of the after-deck, reaching up to the height of the bulwarks; probably these fellows had been practising boarding drill, and lost their balance.
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We had a coal-bunker on the port side of the after-deck, reaching up to the height of the bulwarks; probably these fellows had been practising boarding drill, and lost their balance.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003
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Mr. Dowson hurried busily over to the house and picked up a little shovel that stood by the coal-bunker.
Every living thing Herriot, James 1992
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A cellar seven and a half feet high extends under the whole house, and will contain the boiler, wash-tubs, and coal-bunker.
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A cellar seven and a half feet high extends under the whole house, and will contain the boiler, wash-tubs, and coal-bunker.
Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905
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The Nan-Shan had an athwartship coal-bunker, which, being at times used as cargo space, communicated by an iron door with the fore 'tween-deck.
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We had a coal-bunker on the port side of the after-deck, reaching up to the height of the bulwarks; probably these fellows had been practising boarding drill, and lost their balance.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1 Roald Amundsen 1900
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We had a coal-bunker on the port side of the after-deck, reaching up to the height of the bulwarks; probably these fellows had been practising boarding drill, and lost their balance.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900
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One of them was asked whether it would not be advisable to make each coal-bunker of the ship a water-tight compartment by means of a suitable door.
Notes on Life and Letters Joseph Conrad 1890
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The Nan-Shan had an athwartship coal-bunker, which, being at times used as cargo space, communicated by an iron door with the fore 'tween-deck.
Typhoon Joseph Conrad 1890
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