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  coal measures

  plural noun

  coal-bearing strata.
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  Coal Measures

  plural noun

  a series of coal-bearing rocks formed in the upper Carboniferous period; the uppermost series of the Carboniferous system

coal measures

American  

plural noun

Geology.

1. coal-bearing strata.

2. (initial capital letters) in Europe, a portion of the Carboniferous System, characterized by widespread coal deposits.

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Coal Measures British  

plural noun

1. a series of coal-bearing rocks formed in the upper Carboniferous period; the uppermost series of the Carboniferous system

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Etymology

Origin of coal measures

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

Certain footprints in the coal measures of Kansas have been supposed to belong to lacertilian or dinosaurian forms.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

In the coal measures are found the mummied remains of these prehistoric conifers.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

The coniferous trees of the coal measures show annual rings of growth.

From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William

Here there are coal measures in abundance—in the South, Central, and Northern divisions of the State, and on the Darling Downs.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland

The stage of the earth's history favourable to the formation of coal measures has long gone by.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.