cannel coal

English

Alternative forms

• cannel-coal

Etymology

Corrupted from candle coal.

Noun

cannel coal (countable and uncountable, plural cannel coals)

1. Alternative form of cannel, a form of bituminous coal that burns with much smoke.
   • 1847, editorial staff, “Formation of Coal”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 65:

     It cannot be easily distinguished from the ordinary coal of our mines, and burns with a brilliant flame like the famous cannel coal.

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     Gerald was enthusiastic. After a while they shook hands, it being time to separate. And for a long time Selwyn sat there alone in the visitors’ room, absent-eyed, facing the blazing fire of cannel coal.

Derived terms

• cannel
• channel coal