chain pump

American  

noun

1. a pump consisting of buckets, plates, or the like, rising upon a chain within a cylinder for raising liquids entering the cylinder at the bottom.

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Etymology

Origin of chain pump

First recorded in 1610–20

Example Sentences

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chain pump

Mr. Galvin, the master's mate, after incredible difficulty, got into the main top—he was below when the ship sank, directing the men at the chain pump.

From History of Halifax City by Akins, Thomas B.

Another loud yawn and Amos was heard to begin on the mechanism of the huge old wall clock which wound with a sound like an old-fashioned chain pump.

From Lydia of the Pines by Morrow, Honoré

Right here in the middle of this inside place is a chain pump.

From The Wrong Woman by Stewart, Charles D.

The boards or buckets of the chain pump were six by twelve inches, placed nine inches apart, and with a fair breeze the pump ran full.

From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)

Thus—lamp, wick, oil, handle-bars, spokes, tires, chain, pump, nuts, bell, hedges, fields, sheep, roads, hill, dog.

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield