hydrantn.

/ˈhʌɪdrənt/

Etymology: Irregularly formed < Greek ὕδωρ, ὑδρ- water + -ant suffix¹. Of U.S. origin.

An apparatus for drawing water directly from a main, esp. in a street, consisting of a pipe with one or more nozzles to which the hose of a fire-engine, etc. may be attached, or with a spout or the like.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > for water > apparatus for drawing water from mains

standardc1475

pant1586

standcock1745

standpipe1763

fire main1826

hydrant1828

fire hydrant1838

1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. I. 286 Some black fellow..brings out the leather hose, attached to the hydrants, as they term them here.

1850 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Representative Men iii. 122 In the transmission of the heavenly waters, every hose fits every hydrant.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 651 Hydrant, or fire-cock with stand pipe.

1871 Daily News 28 Dec. There should be a hydrant in every hundred yards of street, to which nothing but a hose need be attached in order to throw a stream of water over the highest building near it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	hydrant
释义	hydrantn. /ˈhʌɪdrənt/ Etymology: Irregularly formed < Greek ὕδωρ, ὑδρ- water + -ant suffix¹. Of U.S. origin. An apparatus for drawing water directly from a main, esp. in a street, consisting of a pipe with one or more nozzles to which the hose of a fire-engine, etc. may be attached, or with a spout or the like. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > for water > apparatus for drawing water from mains standardc1475 pant1586 standcock1745 standpipe1763 fire main1826 hydrant1828 fire hydrant1838 1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. I. 286 Some black fellow..brings out the leather hose, attached to the hydrants, as they term them here. 1850 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Representative Men iii. 122 In the transmission of the heavenly waters, every hose fits every hydrant. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 651 Hydrant, or fire-cock with stand pipe. 1871 Daily News 28 Dec. There should be a hydrant in every hundred yards of street, to which nothing but a hose need be attached in order to throw a stream of water over the highest building near it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1828
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