English Dictionary

coal merchant

名詞

古風

(dated) A person who deals in coal, either on a large scale or in a particular locality, where coal was weighed and bagged by the merchant, delivered to households and tipped into a coal bunker.

日本語の意味

石炭を扱う商人。大規模または限定された地域で石炭を取引し、石炭の袋詰めや家庭への配送などの業務を行う人。

Each winter the coal merchant would come at dawn, weighing and bagging coal on his cart before delivering it and tipping the contents into the household bunker.

冬になると、石炭商は夜明けにやって来て、荷車の上で石炭を量り袋に詰め、各家庭に配達して貯炭庫に入れた。

意味（1）

(dated) A person who deals in coal, either on a large scale or in a particular locality, where coal was weighed and bagged by the merchant, delivered to households and tipped into a coal bunker.

It would seem that the Speedwell was built during the first half of 1830, for the Monmouthshire Merlin of June 12, 1830, said: Mr. Prothero, one of the most extensive coal merchants in that district, intends hauling his coal to Newport with two engines, preparing for him at the Neath Abbey Iron Works.

coal merchants （ plural ）