Definition of Colier
Col"lier (?), n. [OE.
colier. See Coal.] 1. One
engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making
charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.
2. A vessel employed in the coal
trade.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.
Quotations
*1957: For this reason, the collier took constant care to keep the covering of earth in good order. — H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 224.
- A vessel employed in the coal trade.
French
- necklace
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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