white coal

noun

Informal. water, as of a stream, used for power.

Origin of white coal

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby white coal

white cedar, white chip, white chocolate, white cloud, white clover, white coal, white cockatoo, white corpuscle, white crab, white crappie, white croaker

British Dictionary definitions for white coal

white coal

noun

water, esp when flowing and providing a potential source of usable power