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Definition of Bilge pump
1. Noun. A pump to remove bilgewater.
Definition of Bilge pump
1. Noun. (nautical) A small pump fitted in ships to pump the bilges clear of water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bilge Pump
Literary usage of Bilge pump
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Marine Engineering: Comprising the Designing, Construction, and by Albert Edward Seaton (1890)
"The Board of Trade requires that one bilge pump shall be arranged to draw water
from the sea, and pump it on deck in case of fire. When this is done, ..."
2. A Pocket-book of Marine Engineering Rules and Tables: For the Use of Marine by Albert Edward Seaton, Henry Morrison Rounthwaite (1922)
"In engines of 70 NHP and under, and also in engines of steam fishing vessels,
and of tugs and tenders, one bilge pump worked from the main engine will be ..."
3. Modern American Marine Engines, Boilers and Screw Propellers: Their Design by Emory Edwards (1881)
"Bilge-Pump. To the other engine will be fitted, in the same manner, the bilge-pump;
the valves to be of rubber, seating on composition gratings, ..."
4. Handy Book for the Aid and Instruction of the Enlisted Men in the Engineer by Bruce Richardson Ware (1915)
"FIRE AND bilge pump. •? Suctions: (a) Shaft alley; (6) sea; (c) crank pit; (d)
main drain; («) engine-room bilge;(/) secondary drain; (g) drain to after ..."
5. Experimental Researches in Steam Engineering by Benjamin Franklin Isherwood (1863)
"The bilge-pump connexion with the hot-well had originally been designed for the
purpose of employing the former in the event of fire, and the fire hose was ..."
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