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1752 J. Lowrey Narr. Proc. 6 In the Afternoon, I made it my Business to overhawl the Pump, and Pump-gear, and upon strict Examination found the Larboard Pump choak'd.

1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Pump-gears..any materials requisite for fitting or repairing the pump.

1927 A. Ponsonby More Eng. Diaries 189 The daily entries..are concerned with violent gales and squalls which the ship encounters, so that she is left in a ‘deplorable state’ with the pump gear out of order.

1973 Times 22 Mar. 2/7 Mr. Stone escaped to the surface and within a few hours..was back underground carrying pump gear with the colliery's volunteer rescue team.