gas engine

English

Noun

gas engine (plural gas engines)

  1. An engine in which motion is communicated to the piston by the alternate admission and condensation of gas in a closed cylinder.
    • 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:
      The shop was driven by a hiccoughy old gas engine which sometimes packed up, to the great delight of all the juveniles.
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