wrecking pump

noun

A pump especially adapted for pumping water from the hull of a wrecked vessel.

Meanings

nounwrecking pump (plural wrecking pumps)

plural wrecking pumps

  1. A pump especially adapted for pumping water from the hull of a wrecked vessel.
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