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refuelling

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1. refuelling - Noun

2. refuelling - Verb

Meaning

refuelling

(British spelling) present participle of refuel

refuelling (countable and uncountable, plural refuellings)

(British spelling) The provision of more fuel to replace that used up.

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Early in the 1990s, I flew alone in a dandelion-yellow, single-engine, 180-horsepower Piper Cherokee from Westchester County Airport in New York westward to the Rocky Mountains, landing and refuelling a good many times in middle-sized cities and towns along the way. Cynthia Ozick

A great many choices were included, for example, logistic matters such as refuelling and rendezvous with supply ships, positions and grid lists, harbour names, countries, weapons, weather conditions, enemy positions and ships, date and time tables. Source: Internet

Airports may also appear under this subcategory, including air traffic control and refuelling operations for international airports through to smaller domestic exposures. Source: Internet

But about 1,000 US troops provide vital back-up, including transport, air refuelling and drone surveillance. Source: Internet

Brookes and Davey 2009, p. 49. Continuous airborne patrols proved untenable, however, and the refuelling mechanisms across the Vulcan fleet fell into disuse in the 1960s. Source: Internet

In addition to the roles for which they were designed, all three V-Bombers served as air-to-air refuelling tankers at one time or another; the Valiant was the RAF's first large-scale tanker. Source: Internet

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