Definition of "coaling-station" []

• A port at which steam-vessels may call and receive fresh supplies of coal. (noun)
• A station for the storage of coal for the use of the locomotives of a railroad. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Garden Key, however, is the key of the gulf, and, as a prospective coaling-station in case of war, it was undoubtedly a spot to be held at all odds, and at the outbreak of the war it formed a convenient spot for the confinement of certain prisoners, as many as three thousand being kept there at one time."
• "Mohacz is celebrated for two tremendous battles in the past, and for a fine cathedral, a railway and a coaling-station at present."
• "A few miles out there is a coaling-station, and at that time they were building the chutes."