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bilge pump

noun

, Nautical.
  1. a pump for removing water from a bilge.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bilge pump1

First recorded in 1865–70

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Example Sentences

Each engine has one feed and one bilge pump attached to the air pump, and worked by the same lever.

Then I screwed the cap on again and went home, taking Allie's bilge-pump with me, for I couldn't stop to unship the hose.

Get the hand bilge pump going and I'll start the power pump with the electric light engine!

"We've started the bilge-pump, but it's no' drawing much," he said.

"All the same, you have started the bilge pump," said Kit, for a sharp throbbing pierced the beat of machinery.

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