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Meanings of auxiliary engine in English
Synonyms
Examples for "donkey engine"
Examples for "donkey engine"
1
At last the donkey engine was cleared and reinstalled, atop the cliff.
2
Then the puffing and snorting donkey engine near the chute tightened the cable.
3
From the water's edge to the donkey engine was barely four hundred yards.
4
With his size gang he could not keep a donkey engine working steadily.
5
You've got to wind it by means of a donkey engine.
Usage of auxiliary engine in English
1
This seemed good advice, so the auxiliary engine was started and the winches began turning slowly.
2
An auxiliary engine pumps cubic feet of atmosphere into every cabin through a series of airtrunks.
3
The skiff used to pull the nets up is run on equipment powered by the auxiliary engine.
4
As the launch neared the mouth of the river a yawl-rigged craft with an auxiliary engine had just entered it.
5
There is an auxiliary engine, of the Porter-Allen type, for driving the pumps and man engines when the main engine is not working.
6
The main and auxiliary engines that would power generators and deck equipment need to be repaired.
7
Besides these engines there are also several auxiliary engines for pumping water into the boilers, etcetera.
8
These boilers are connected with all the auxiliary engines of the ship, numbering no fewer than forty-three.
9
Auxiliary engine operable, but incapable of escape velocity".
10
"Found him locked in a small compartment down near the auxiliary engine room," the commander said briefly.