coating

Example Sentences

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In 1870, it had been at the desolate Midway Island helping to deepen the harbor channel for possible use as a coaling station, according to an account by the ship’s paymaster, George H. Read.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2020

Cardiff docks was one of the largest coaling ports in the world at that time, with a large contingent of workers from Norway, and Mr Dahl was very successful.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2016

In the late 1800s the fort was refurbished as a coaling station for the US Navy, and it was from here that the USS Maine made its fateful journey to Havana in January 1898.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2016

The Midway Islands provided a more stable path to Asian markets and a vital naval coaling station, which steamships needed in order to travel further afield.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

It made sense they told each other, to set up their shipbroking business in one of the great coaling ports of Europe.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl