English Explanatory Dictionary

a yard of pump water

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something which is very straight and very thin.

Word forms

a yard of pump water yards of pump water

Etymology

Perhaps because a stream of water falling approximately three feet from a water pump into a bucket is both straight and thin; but compare also yard of ale, where the yard is a tall, slender, hollow receptacle.

Related words

water pump
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