| 单词 | fire float |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire float fire float n. †(a) a buoyant platform or boat used as a waterborne incendiary (obsolete); (b) a barge or boat equipped with a water jet for use in firefighting; cf. fire boat n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > vessel used to fight fires fire boata1615 fire float1766 float1890 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing > boat to fight fire in harbour fire boata1615 fire float1766 float1890 1653 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 181. 2857 Col. Barrow..is now before Clough water castle, and hath by a fiery float burnt their boats or cotts, and with slugges burnt their corn.] 1766 G. Cockings Conquest Canada iii. ii. 34 Here's a whole fleet of fire ships, and fire floats, Coming round the point. 1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. Maine I. xxiii. 633 The enemy now constructed a fire-float, 18 or 20 feet square, and filling it with combustibles, and setting them on fire, towed it as far as was safe, directly towards the sloops. 1846 Daily News 24 June 3/5 The harbour fire-float was immediately unmoored and placed alongside the quay, and a length of hose sufficient to reach the building on fire was attached. 1992 S. Holloway Courage High! vi. 60/1 The fire floats fighting the fire from the river were themselves being scorched by the heat. < as lemmas |
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