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Definition of Stirrup pump
1. Noun. A hand-operated reciprocating pump; used in fighting fires.
Definition of Stirrup pump
1. Noun. a small hand-operated pump; the stirrup-shaped base was placed in a bucket of water, a small hose could direct a stream onto small fires ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stirrup Pump
Literary usage of Stirrup pump
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"Their only mechanical aid is a new device called a stirrup pump, a sort of
glorified tire- pump which sends water along a hose line and through a variable ..."
2. French-English Dictionary (with Explanatory Notes) of Terms and Expressions by William Edward Bayles (1918)
"Stem — — stem tige » (handlebar) tube plongeur du guidon » of the valve T.
de soupape stirrup pump pompe à étrier stop (1) arrêt ; (2) butoir » (dead) A. ..."
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