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stoker-fired en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of the firebox or furnace of a steam boiler, fed with coal by a mechanical stoker.
    • For successful and efficient operation, mechanical stokers must be fed with suitable coal. This has been proved time and again in all countries where stoker-fired engines are used. 1959 November, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Clas "9" 2-10-0s: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 556: