oil-fired en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of a boiler or heating system: burning oil as a fuel to provide heat.
In winter steam contributes a fairly high proportion of its tractive effort, say 15 per cent, to heating the train. Diesels have at the moment separate oil-fired boilers which are somewhat chancy affairs, and only electric locomotives grab unlimited power for heating which does not affect their punctuality.
1960 April, G. F. Fiennes, “Unpunctuality - the cause and the cure”, in Trains Illustrated, page 244:
Relateds
coal-fired · oil firing · oil-burning
Translations (6)
ga ola-adhainte (burning oil as a fuel) · sv oljeeldad (burning oil as a fuel) · nb oljefyrt (burning oil as a fuel) · de ölgefeuert (burning oil as a fuel) · nn oljefyrt (burning oil as a fuel) · da oliefyret (burning oil as a fuel)