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Definition of Fireboat
1. Noun. A boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront.
Definition of Fireboat
1. Noun. A harbor boat designed for pumping high volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fireboat
1. a boat equipped with fire-fighting apparatus [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fireboat
Literary usage of Fireboat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rose's Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports (2 Dallas to 241 by Walter Malins Rose, Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court (1919)
"Ct. 225, majority holding city liable, under maritime law, for injuries to another
vessel occasioned by negligence of servants in charge of fireboat. ..."
2. The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989 edited by Thomas D. O'Rourke (1993)
"The city's fireboat Phoenix and the use of the PWSS proved crucial in stopping the
... Without the fireboat Phoenix or the PWSS, the damage in the Marina ..."
3. Seattle, Washington: A Photographic Portrait by Roger L. Johnson, Photographer, Roger L Johnson, Francesca Yates, Duncan Yates (2006)
"... fireboat on Lake Union Hop) Lake Union has its own fireboat for quick response
on freshwater. The-ft Alki, is a familiar sight on this downtown lake and ..."
4. Chicago: Its History and Its Builders, a Century of Marvelous Growth by Josiah Seymour Currey (1912)
"In the same year the Geyser proved herself a complete success as a fireboat,
performing highly effective work at several fires in the lumber district. ..."
5. Trukese-English Dictionary =: Pwpwuken Tettenin Fóós, Chuuk-Ingenes by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"firetruck, fire engine, fireboat. fire making ... gun for shooting people, firearm
for war. ppek(nu.): gun, firearm (general term). fireboat seyin ..."
6. An Inquiry Into the Conditions Relating to the Water-supply of the City of by Merchants' Association of New York (1900)
""Thus it appears that this fireboat (Engine 31) actually threw as much water ...
"The question whether the fireboat would do as well at a fire as it did at ..."
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