storage battery

a voltaic battery consisting of two or more storage cells.

Origin of storage battery

First recorded in 1880–85

What were they doing with an alternating current in the storage-battery room?

The Man Who Rocked the Earth |Arthur Train
The storage-battery, when ready for action, is one form of acid or primary battery.

Electricity and Magnetism |Elisha Gray
The brain is a storage-battery made up of millions of minute cells.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14 |Elbert Hubbard
Another form of battery that is extensively used for some kinds of heavy current work is called the storage-battery.

Electricity and Magnetism |Elisha Gray

There is a common notion that electricity is stored in the storage-battery.

Electricity and Magnetism |Elisha Gray

storage battery

another name (esp US) for accumulator (def. 1)