chain pump

noun

A water pump consisting of a series of buckets on a chain, wheel or drum.

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Meanings

nounchain pump (plural chain pumps)

plural chain pumps

  1. A water pump consisting of a series of buckets on a chain, wheel or drum.

    […] when we came out to Sea [the Ship] prov’d so very leaky, that we were oblig’d to keep two Chain-pumps continually at Work:

    1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, pages 7–8
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APA

chain pump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain%20pump

MLA

“chain pump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain%20pump. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chain pump,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain%20pump.

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