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Meaning of chain pump | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Examples

“[…] 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:”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

chain reaction chain rule chain saw chain shift chain shot chain sickle