rope pump
noun
A pump of which the main component is a continuous piece of rope.
Origin
Late 18th century.
- short
- short-acting
- shortage
- short and sweet
- short-arm
- short-arse
- short back and sides
- short bone
- shortbread
- shortcake
- short-change
- short circuit
- shortcoming
- short commons
- short corner
- short covering
- shortcrust
- shortcrust pastry
- shortcut
- short-dated
- short-day
- short division
- short-eared owl
- shorten
- short end