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noun
A harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: boat
History
From fire + boat.
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