Coal trimmer
Encyclopedia
A coal trimmer is an occupation involving the positioning of boats to be loaded with coal
. It may also involve the spreading of coal evenly using a shovel inside the hold of a ship.
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
. It may also involve the spreading of coal evenly using a shovel inside the hold of a ship.