firebed
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
firebed (plural firebeds)
- A layer of fuel that burns under a heat source
- 1962 April, “Letters to the Editor: The Giesl oblong ejector”, in Modern Railways, page 286:
- Another factor of great importance in everyday service is the degree to which the gas/steam ratio is influenced by growing firebed resistance, and this is again a matter in the hands of the designer if he kbows what to do about it. [...] poorer grades of coal require more air per unit of heat released as well as offering greater firebed resistance. [...] (Dr.) A. Giesl-Gieslingen, Vienna.
References[edit]
- “firebed”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.