| 单词 | stirrup pump |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstirrup pump stirrup pump n. a portable hand pump held steady by a stirrup-like foot-plate and used, esp. in the war of 1939–45, for extinguishing small fires and incendiary bombs with water drawn from a bucket and directed by a hose. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing > pump fire pump1708 syringe-engine1875 stirrup pump1939 1902 Shand, Mason & Co.'s Portable Fire Appliances 3b This is another adaptation of the ‘London Brigade’ Hand Pump. The pump is..provided with a stirrup, by means of which it can be used with an ordinary house pail.] 1939 C. C. Ramsay Fire-fighting in Peace & War vi. 41 The Home Office specification insists on a stirrup pump with a 30-ft. length of ½-in. rubber tubing (hose). 1939 Punch 27 Sept. 342/1 The long day, with its stream of gas-masks, sandbags, stirrup-pumps, dugouts,..had drawn to a close. 1974 M. Gilbert Flash Point xx. 165 He..had a stirrup pump, a relic of the last war, ready primed in the hall. < as lemmas |
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