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)
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Use "coaling-station" in a sentence
"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."