wood burner

English

Noun

wood burner (plural wood burners)

  1. (UK) A heater or stove that burns wood for fuel.
  2. (rail transport, chiefly historical) A steam locomotive fuelled with wood instead of coal or oil, mainly used in areas with a plentiful supply of wood.
    • 1958 February, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 93:
      These wood burners have African drivers with two African firemen who take in turn the two main duties of putting wood into the firebox and moving it forward on the tender.
    • 1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: Finland: The V.R in their centenary year”, in Modern Railways, page 418:
      A considerable number of engines are wood-burners, although with ample supplies of soft coal from Russia, the adherence to wood-burning may be nothing more than a form of Government subsidy to the timber trade.

Alternative forms

  • wood-burner

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