Stoker (train)

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• stoker — ► NOUN 1) a person who tends the furnace on a steamship or steam train. 2) a mechanical device for supplying fuel to a furnace. ORIGIN Dutch, from stoken stoke (a furnace) (earlier push, poke ) …   English terms dictionary

• stoker — [[t]sto͟ʊkə(r)[/t]] stokers N COUNT In former times a stoker was a person whose job was to stoke fires, especially on a ship or a steam train …   English dictionary

• stoker — stok|er [ˈstəukə US ˈstoukər] n someone whose job is to put coal or other ↑fuel on a fire or into a ↑furnace, for example on a ↑steamship or a steam train …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stoker — stok|er [ stoukər ] noun count someone whose job is to add fuel to the fire on a ship or train …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• stoker — noun 1》 a person who tends the furnace on a steamship or steam train. 2》 a mechanical device for supplying fuel to a furnace. Origin C17: from Du., from stoken stoke a furnace , from MDu. stoken push, poke ; related to stick1 …   English new terms dictionary

• Bram Stoker's Dracula — Infobox Film name = Bram Stoker s Dracula image size = 215px caption = theatrical poster director = Francis Ford Coppola producer = Francis Ford Coppola Fred Fuchs Charles Mulvehill writer = James V. Hart starring = Gary Oldman Winona Ryder… …   Wikipedia

• Terror Train — Infobox Film name = Terror Train image size = caption = theatrical poster for Terror Train director = Roger Spottiswoode producer = Harold Greenberg writer = T. Y. Drake starring = Ben Johnson Jamie Lee Curtis Hart Bochner David Copperfield music …   Wikipedia

• Meråker train disaster — The Meråker train disaster occurred on 23 January 1941 at Meråker Station on the Meråker Line in Norway. A coke and coal train from Sweden lost its braking between the national border and Kopperå Station. The six back cars plus the caboose… …   Wikipedia

• Tandem bicycle — The tandem bicycle or twin is a form of bicycle (occasionally, a tricycle) designed to be ridden by more than one person. The term tandem refers to the seating arrangement (fore to aft, not side by side) instead of the number of… …   Wikipedia

• Bahnbetriebswerk (steam locomotives) — A Bahnbetriebswerk (also abbreviated to Betriebswerk, Bw or BW) is the German term for a depot where the maintenance of railway locomotives and other rolling stock is carried out. It is roughly equivalent to a locomotive shed, running shed or… …   Wikipedia