pump-handle
/ˈpʌmpˌhandl/noun
The handle by which a pump is operated; (also, in extended use) something resembling or worked like a pump handle.
- Typically (and before the 20th cent. usually) denoting the handle of a hand or house pump, but now sometimes applied to a handle on a mechanized pump..
Origin
Late 17th century. From pump + handle.
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