coal-meter

English

Alternative forms

  • coalmeter, coal meter

Etymology

From Middle English colmetere, equivalent to coal +‎ meter (“one who measures”).

Noun

coal-meter (plural coal-meters)

  1. (UK, now chiefly historical) A licensed or official measurer of coal; (especially in London) One responsible for supervising the loading, unloading, and weighing of coal to ensure accurate quantity and payment.[1]

References

  1. ^ 1858, Peter Lund Simmonds, The Dictionary of Trade Products

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