fireboat
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- noun
- /ˈfaɪərˌboʊt/
- In this April 21, 2010, file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fireboat response crews spray water on the blazing remnants of BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig.
- fireboat spraying water
- fireboat spraying streams
Examples
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WAREHOUSE - FIREBOAT
Fiction book (1991) -
We see it's coming from the fireboat's rushing stream.
Fiction book (1991) -
Far below, a fireboat has begun pumping a massive stream at the side of the building.
Fiction book (1991) -
Floating in slow motion out over the canal and landing in the water between the warehouse dock and the fireboat.
Fiction book (2000) -
Two men on a fireboat operate a water cannon, dousing the smoldering remains of a burned-out ship's hull.
Fiction book (1996) -
Venetian fireboats.
Academic text (2009) -
Nothing special: a ship like many others, so ordinary that one Seattle resident, seeing the ship being ceremoniously welcomed by the fireboats of that strong union city, wondered what the fuss was all about.
Academic text (2002) -
And how, if you are not from Buffalo, can you appreciate a cameo by Lance Diamond steering the fireboat Cotter through the canyons of the grain elevators, as Sharon Jones dances and sings on deck?
Blog text (24) -
Two men on a fireboat operate a water cannon, dousing the smoldering remains of a burned-out ship's hull.
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A city fireboat and harbor police boats try to plow through the ice.
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Etymology
The word fireboat comes from joining fire ('fire') and boat ('boat'), like a fire engine but on water. It is a boat fitted with pumps and water cannons to fight fires on ships or along the shore, so the name shows its job.