Definition of Pump well

1. Noun. An enclosure in the middle of a ship's hold that protects the ship's pumps.

Generic synonyms: Well

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pump Well

pump action
pump actions
pump fake
pump fakes
pump house
pump iron
pump one's fist
pump out
pump priming
pump room
pump trolley
pump trolleys
pump truck
pump up
pump well (current term)
pumpable
pumpage
pumpages
pumped
pumped(p)
pumped-up
pumped-up(a)
pumped up
pumped up(p)
pumpellyite
pumpellyites
pumper
pumpernickel
pumpernickels

Literary usage of Pump well

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Institution of Municipal Engineers, London, Incorporated Association of Municipal and County Engineers, Association of Municipal and Sanitary Engineers and Surveyors (1881)
"Tlie Pump-well. The pump-well is situated adjoining the engine-house, being placed outside in order that the interior of the buildings should be free from ..."

2. Proceedings (1881)
"The Pump-well. The pump-well is situated adjoining the engine-house, being placed outside in order that the interior of the buildings should be free from ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1914)
"On January 13, 1903, the chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks appointed a board to consider changes In the bottom of the pump well, and the compensation ..."

4. Annual Report by Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, Massachusetts (1900)
"the third pump-well. As far as practicable, piles for supporting these ... The basement floor is supported on I-beams running from the pump-well to the ..."

5. Sewage Disposal in the United States by George W. Rafter, Moses Nelson Baker (1893)
"LONGITUDINAL SUCTION THROUGH TANKS AND pump well. this compartment, when full, into the pump-well. The change in the level of sewage in this tank operates a ..."

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