petit cheval

Traductions

• anglais

  Date : 1985

  Définition

  On board ship: small pump and engine.
  
  A small auxiliary steam engine with its own small boiler, used for furnishing power for a variety of smaller mechanical duties on board a vessel in harbour for which it would be uneconomic to produce steam from the main boilers.

  Terme :

  1. donkey engine Royaume-Uni

  Terme associé :

  1. donkey