plural of coal-whipper

(UK, dated) One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship.

cannel (coal)

(obsolete, UK) A licensed or official coal measurer in London.

plural of coal-meter

Alternative form of seacoal

A coal which has a grade between bituminous coal and anthracite, and which was once widely used as a fuel for steam engines in ships and locomotives.

Alternative form of cannel coal

(mineralogy) Any hard, lustrous coal such as anthracite

(US) small-sized anthracite coal