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Definition of Fireplug
1. Noun. An upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire.
Definition of Fireplug
1. Noun. A fire hydrant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fireplug
1. a hydrant [n -S] - See also: hydrant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fireplug
Literary usage of Fireplug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Edward William Cox, Great BRitain Magistrates' cases (1889)
"The Legislature has enacted that they shall place a proper fireplug there.
It has also enacted that the urban sanitary authority ..."
2. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1908)
"Alternate types are in use. one being a detachable pillar provided with internal
arms to engage the fireplug lugs and a locking pawl worked by a suitable ..."
3. Acts of Parliament and Other Documents Relating to the Glasgow Corporation by Glasgow (Scotland). Water Committee (1883)
"In all the pipes to which any fireplug shall be fixed Supply of the undertakers
shall provide and keep constantly laid on, unless water to be prevented by ..."
4. The Insurance Cyclopáedia: Being a Dictionary of the Definition of Terms by Cornelius Walford (1874)
"Q. What would in general be the expense of inserting a fireplug in a з-in.
service-pipe, or in the larger mains ?—A. In a small service-pipe the expense ..."
5. The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being a Dictionary of the Definitions of Terms by Cornelius Walford (1871)
"Q, What would in general be the expense of inserting a fireplug in a 3-in.
service-pipe, ... No house would then be more than 25 yards from a fireplug. ..."
6. Reports of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals of the State of Colorado by Colorado Court of Appeals, William E. Beck, Thomas M. Robinson, John Alonzo Gordon (1904)
"The complaint charged negligence against the city in suffering a growth of weeds
and brush to conceal the fireplug, and alleged want of knowledge in the ..."
7. The Digest of English Case Law: Containing the Reported Decisions of the by John Mews (1898)
"Section 38 of the Waterworks Clauses Act, 1H47, impose» no duty on the undertakers
to provide а pipe of sufficient capacity to carry a proper fireplug in a ..."
8. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"Such fireplug," s. 40, 10 & 11 V. c. 17, means, fireplugs fixed at the request
of the Authority sought to be charged (i¡-rand Junction WW Co. v. ..."
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