portable engine

English

Messrs. Robey & Co Ltd, Lincoln portable compound engine, 1890s

Noun

portable engine (plural portable engines)

  1. (historical) A type of steam engine with four wheels that could be hauled from one site to another, and usually not designed to be driven. The flywheel was used to drive machinery.

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