storage battery

English

Noun

storage battery (plural storage batteries)

  1. (electrical) A rechargeable battery.
    • 1949 September and October, “Notes and News: Drumm Battery System Scrapped”, in Railway Magazine, page 339:
      After experiments, the Great Southern Railways of Ireland decided in 1930-31 to replace steam suburban trains between Dublin and Bray by two-car articulated sets operated by storage batteries of the type invented by Dr. Drumm, and four were built: the first went into service in 1932.
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