cannel coal

[ kan-l ]

noun

1. an oily, compact coal, burning readily and brightly.

cannel coal

/ ˈkænəl /

noun

1. a dull coal having a high volatile content and burning with a smoky luminous flame

Word History and Origins

Origin of cannel coal¹

1530–40; cannel from candle (dial. form)

Word History and Origins

Origin of cannel coal¹

C16: from northern English dialect cannel candle: so called from its bright flame

Example Sentences

The coal is of the best quality of that kind of brown coal generally called cannel coal, and is occasionally met with in immense seams.

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Live coals still glowed in the hob grate; he placed a lump of cannel coal on the embers, used a bellows vigorously and the flame caught with a greasy crackle.

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This excess is greatest in what is known as cannel coal, the Lancashire kennel or candle coal, so named from the bright light it gives out when burning.

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If any ornaments be found with the corpse, they are chiefly of cannel coal.

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The lighting was perfect; the old books gave forth a welcoming fragrance and, to-night, a generous cannel coal fire puffed in rich, glowing bursts of heat and colour upon the hearth.

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