Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The job of feeding coal into a furnace.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

coal +‎ heaving

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word coalheaving.

Examples

  • "No," answered he of the coalheaving profession, in stentorian tones.

    John Ingerfield and Other Stories 1893

  • Pet or the Brighton Stunner at the Champion's Arms, and behold the interest which he took in the coalheaving company assembled at the

    The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • It was good to see the gravity with which Warrington listened to the Tutbury Pet or the Brighton Stunner at the Champion’s Arms, and behold the interest which he took in the coalheaving company assembled at the Fox-under-the-Hill.

    The History of Pendennis 2006

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.