noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires.
2. 2
   a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

fire enginefirefighterfirehose

Etymology

From fire + boat.

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