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gathering coals

gathering coals is the plural of gathering coal.

Meaning of gathering coal

Noun

gathering coal (plural gathering coals)

  1. (historical) coal left lit and smothered in embers overnight, around which kindling wood is gathered the morning after.
    • The wind sighs over the upland, just like a parting soul;
      Get to bed with you all — I'll stay, and keep my watch by the gathering coal.1876, Susan K. Phillips, “The Seven-Nights' Watch”, in Littell's Living Age

Questions about gathering coals

What is gathering coals the plural of?
Gathering coals is the plural of gathering coal.

Words near gathering coals in the dictionary

  1. gatherin'
  2. gathering
  3. gathering board
  4. gathering boards
  5. gathering coal
  6. gathering coals
  7. gathering dust
  8. gathering hoop
  9. gathering hoops
  10. Gathering of Waters
  11. gathering oneself

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