coal scuttle
noun1
A metal container of varying shapes, equipped with a handle for carrying coal for use on a domestic fire.
- He wanted to see less marshalling of trains, and a move away from a culture that allowed 85% of a wagon's life to be spent "empty, being used as storage bins for goods or in sidings as coal scuttles".2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42:
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of coal scuttle helmet.
- Derived terms
- coal-scuttle bonnet