coal-meter

English

Alternative forms

coalmeter

Noun

coal-meter (plural coal-meters)

  1. (obsolete, UK) A licensed or official coal supervisor. A coal-meter would supervise the loading and loading of coal at a port.[1]

References

  1. ^ 1858, Peter Lund Simmonds, The Dictionary of Trade Products

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