moor-coaln.

Brit.

/ˈmʊə ˌkəʊl/,

/ˈmɔː ˌkəʊl/, U.S.

/ˈmʊr ˌkoʊl/

Forms: see moor n.¹ and coal n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: moor n.¹, coal n.

Etymology: < moor n.¹ + coal n. The sense in mineralogy is after German Moorkohle (A. G. Werner, cited in J.-P. van Berchem-Berthout and H. Struve Principes de minéralogie (1795) 153).

Now historical.

Peat used for burning. Also in Mineralogy: †a friable variety of lignite (obsolete).

ΚΠ

1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §6 Woorking..of any..Stone Sea Cole, Stone Cole, Moore Cole or Cherk Cole.

1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2113 Moor-Tin..we find runs or melts best with Moor-Coal, chark't: But our Tin, which lyes in the Countrey, runs best with an equal proportion of all Char-coal, and Peate (i.e. Moor-coals) for the first running.

1816 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 378 Moor-Coal or Trapezoidal Coal.

1921 Amer. Hist. Rev. 27 2 The Venetian ambassador [in Britain in the mid-17th cent.] sends back a quaint account of the wide use of coal in industry. Sea-coal, stone-coal, and moor-coal are all mentioned.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moor-coal
释义	moor-coaln. Brit. /ˈmʊə ˌkəʊl/, /ˈmɔː ˌkəʊl/, U.S. /ˈmʊr ˌkoʊl/ Forms: see moor n.¹ and coal n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: moor n.¹, coal n. Etymology: < moor n.¹ + coal n. The sense in mineralogy is after German Moorkohle (A. G. Werner, cited in J.-P. van Berchem-Berthout and H. Struve Principes de minéralogie (1795) 153). Now historical. Peat used for burning. Also in Mineralogy: †a friable variety of lignite (obsolete). ΚΠ 1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §6 Woorking..of any..Stone Sea Cole, Stone Cole, Moore Cole or Cherk Cole. 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2113 Moor-Tin..we find runs or melts best with Moor-Coal, chark't: But our Tin, which lyes in the Countrey, runs best with an equal proportion of all Char-coal, and Peate (i.e. Moor-coals) for the first running. 1816 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 378 Moor-Coal or Trapezoidal Coal. 1921 Amer. Hist. Rev. 27 2 The Venetian ambassador [in Britain in the mid-17th cent.] sends back a quaint account of the wide use of coal in industry. Sea-coal, stone-coal, and moor-coal are all mentioned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562
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