fuel tank

English

Noun

fuel tank (plural fuel tanks)

  1. A container of fuel, especially one for motor fuel inside a vehicle.
    • 1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781:
      The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train heating boiler.
  2. A container for storage of fuel, e.g. in a depot.
    • 1956 October, “Recent changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662:
      Pending the installation of four 7,000-gal. diesel fuel tanks, temporary refuelling facilities have been provided by the adaptation of a 3,000-gal. oil tank wagon.

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