Pumphouse

//ˈpʌmpˌhaʊs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A building containing pumping equipment; thus

    "On many farms the early milkhouse and pumphouse were one. Most farmers during the latter part of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries with a herd of milk cows had a milkhouse."

  2. 2
    A building containing pumping equipment; thus:; A building containing pumping equipment to fill a canal.
  3. 3
    A building containing pumping equipment; thus:; A building containing pumping equipment to provide the water supply on a farm (from a well, spring, creek, or pond).

Example

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"On many farms the early milkhouse and pumphouse were one. Most farmers during the latter part of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries with a herd of milk cows had a milkhouse."

Etymology

From pump + house.

Related phrases

pumping station

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