waterpump

waterpump (plural waterpumps)

1. Alternative form of water pump.
   • 1984, Dermot Healy, Fighting with Shadows, or, Sciamachy, New York, N.Y.: Schocken Books Inc., published 1986, →ISBN, pages 165 and 261:

     Quiet horses drank from buckets under the purple waterpump that was flaking back to the original Republican green. […] The talk there was mostly of bad pay, theft, inferior housing, lack of waterpumps and modern ladders.

   • 1986, Ditty Kummer, Ireland Explored: An Illustrated Travel Guide, Dingle, County Kerry: Brandon, →ISBN, pages 97 and 110:

     These waterpumps are common in the west of Ireland and most of them are still working perfectly […] At the top of Shop Street an awkward concrete clocktower replaces an earlier waterpump and poorly imitates the axis role of the Doric column.

   • 1987, J. J. Hos, M. J. Groeneveld, “Biomass Gasification”, in D. O. Hall, R. P. Overend, editors, Biomass: Regenerable Energy (World Energy Options), Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, section III (Thermochemical Conversions), page 252, column 2:

     Most producer gas plants have a gaspump, a waterpump, pressure- and temperature controls, a control panel, and sometimes a pressure regulator.

   • 1996, John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi, C. John Langley, Jr., “[Dimensions of Logistics] Test Questions”, in Karin E. Maszczak, compiler, The Management of Business Logistics: Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank to Accompany, 6th edition, Saint Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 46:

     Sterling Waterpump makes new and rebuilt waterpumps for auto parts stores. Each waterpump is shipped in a returnable container. The auto parts stores sells^[sic] the waterpump to customers on a trade-in basis.

   • 1996, Reese Palley, There Be No Dragons: How to Cross a Big Ocean in a Small Sailboat, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Sheridan House, published 1998, →ISBN, pages 108, 179, 181, and 186:

     A cycling pressure waterpump that can siphon off all of your precious water in a few short hours is almost impossible to hear except from below. […] This is the waterpump impeller that keeps the coolant moving, without which nothing else will move at all. It is easy to install and should be the first place that you look (after you check the waterpump belt) in the event of a temperature rise. […] Release the belts to the alternators, generator, starter motor, waterpump, and any other hindrances that might add a drag to your engine but are not required for the engine to start. […] When you develop a leak in your sweet water delivery system your waterpump will start “cycling” (turning on and off for short periods), thus alerting you that something funny is happening to your water supply.