'petrol engine' definitions:
Definition of 'petrol engine'
(from WordNet)
noun
An internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines [syn: gasoline engine, petrol engine]
Definition of 'petrol engine'
From: GCIDE
- Gasoline engine \Gas"o*line en"gine\, or Gasolene engine \Gas"o*lene en"gine\ . (Mach.) A kind of internal-combustion engine; -- in British countries called usually petrol engine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]