单词 | fire hook |
释义 | fire hookn. 1. A large long-handled hook used by firefighters to pull down walls, ceilings, etc., in burning buildings. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing > hook for pulling down buildings fire hook1395 fire crook1656 fire pole1736 fire-crome1787 pike-pole1847 1395–6 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 51 (MED) Fyrehookes. 1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 385 That ther be v. fuyre hokes. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 279 Hama..a fire hooke. 1620 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 371 We present the townes fyer hookes to be decayd for want of steales [i.e. handles]. 1677 S. Herne Domus Carthusiana 115 The Hospital shall be sufficiently furnished with Buckets, Fire-hooks, Ladders, Ropes, and other necessary Implements against any casualty by Fire. a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) iii. 103 Fines..apply'd to the Purchase of Fire Engines, Ladders, Firehooks. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 48 The engines thunder'd thro' the street, Fire-hook, pipe, bucket, all complete. 1899 Athenæum 2 Sept. 329/2 The head of a great fire-hook or fire-crome was noted. 1922 G. L. Hill City of Fire 316 Say, you Jim, get that fire hook and lift that beam—! 1951 N.Y. Times 8 May l33/7 A fireman then pushed a long plank into the opening..and other firemen passed him a fire hook. With the boy holding it tightly, they eased him out. 2012 Times of India (Nexis) 12 Dec. Fire brigade personnel had to rip apart the corrugated sheets that were nailed together to form the shanties with a fire hook. 2. A long-handled hook for tending the fire in a furnace. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > furnace rakes or shovels cole-rakec1440 slice-bar1846 fire hook1875 stoking-iron1876 coul-rake1877 stoking-rod1901 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 867/2 Fire-hook,..2. (Steam-engineering) A kind of hook for raking and stirring the furnace fire. 1908 Amer. Engineer & Railroad Jrnl. Sept. 360/1 The ordinary types of fire hooks and ash scrapers are weak at the junction of the scraper, or hook. 1991 C. H. Wendel 150 Years J. I. Case 166/1 (caption) A horse is dragging a log to the mill, and the engineer has fire hook in hand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1395 |
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