wood-burning

English

Adjective

wood-burning (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of woodburning.
    • 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:
      When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.
    • 1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: Finland: The V.R. in their centenary year”, in Modern Railways, page 418, photo caption:
      A wood-burning light 2-8-0 of Class Tk-3.
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