单词 | fireman's axe |
释义 | > as lemmasfireman's axe a. In sense 4, designating equipment intended for use by firemen, as fireman's axe, fireman's hose, fireman's mask, etc.Recorded earliest in fireman's pole n. 1. See also fireman's helmet n. at Compounds 2b. ΚΠ 1825 J. A. Jones Refugee I. xiii. 265 A left-legged Yorkshireman was laid in lavender by a blow from a fireman's pole. 1826 Lancaster Gaz. 1 Apr. The wound on Mr. Price's head corresponded exactly with a fireman's axe. 1829 N. Arnott Elements Physics II. 42 A fireman's mask is usually covered with tin foil. 1834 Spectator 18 Oct. 982/2 A fireman's ladder was..put against the top window; and they descended one by one. 1854 Househ. Words 20 May 329/1 It is not in every one's power to be rational..at all times and in all places, discharging out sense at a given place, like water from a fireman's hose. 1921 Engin. World June 394/1 A fireman's mask which will protect against all forms of smoke and chemical fumes will soon be commercially available. 1988 G. Patterson Burning your Own (1993) 221 Buckled outside his tunic was a holster, so long you might almost have been forgiven for thinking it contained a fireman's hatchet. 2011 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 4 Feb. 16 The water had reached the pipe's northern end and now it began to whiplash around the kitchen floor like an unattended fireman's hose. < as lemmas |
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