sea coal

2 definitions found

sea coal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea coal \Sea" coal`\
     Coal brought by sea; -- a name by which mineral coal was
     formerly designated in the south of England, in distinction
     from charcoal, which was brought by land.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Sea-coal facing (Founding), facing consisting of pulverized
        bituminous coal.
        [1913 Webster]

sea coal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sea coal
      n 1: pulverized bituminous coal; used as a foundry facing