Wallsend

[ wawlz-end ]

/ ˈwɔlzˌɛnd /

noun

a city in Tyne and Wear, NE England, near the mouth of the Tyne River.

a type of coal widely used in Great Britain, especially for domestic purposes.

Example sentences from the Web for wallsend

The familiar name of "Wallsend" coals reminds us of this connection between the Tynemouth colliery district and the Wall's end.

Early Britain--Roman Britain |Edward Conybeare
Section of carboniferous strata, at Wallsend, Newcastle, showing "Creeps."

A Manual of Elementary Geology |Charles Lyell.
The idea provoked me, and with a sudden impulse I held the packet out over the blazing Wallsend, two-thirds minded to drop it in.

The Laughing Mill and Other Stories |Julian Hawthorne
It was a morning to make the hardiest give in to the temptation of a hundred-weight of best Wallsend, blazing.

It Never Can Happen Again |William De Morgan

The mill stood on a tidal stream which ran into the Tyne near to Wallsend.

Human Animals |Frank Hamel

British Dictionary definitions for wallsend

Wallsend

/ (ˈwɔːlzˌɛnd) /

noun

a town in NE England, in North Tyneside unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: situated on the River Tyne at the E end of Hadrian's Wall. Pop: 42 842 (2001)

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