fire-extinguisher

See also: fire extinguisher

English

Noun

fire-extinguisher (plural fire-extinguishers)

1. Alternative form of fire extinguisher.
   • 1810 July 20, John Warren, H. B. Lancaster, notice, in The London Gazette, number 16390, London, page 1106, column 2:

     THE Partnerſhip under the Firm of Warren and Lankeſter,^[sic] carried on at Poole and Southampton, in the Patent Concern of making Smoke Preventers and Fire-Extinguiſhers, was this Day diſſolved by us by mutual Content.

   • 1845 February 18, “Prevention of the Explosion of Steamboat Boilers”, in The Madisonian, volume VIII, number 52 (2030 overall), Washington, D.C., front page, column 3:

     This and the other cause of bursting—when salt or sediment settle in the bottom of the boiler, and prevents the water from contact with the metal—are both removed by the application of Raub’s and Barnum’s self-acting safety valves, which will, according to a large mass of evidence from practical and scientific men, effectually prevent explosions of steam boilers and the extinguishment of fires. So fully impressed with this fact was the Committee on Naval Affairs, that they directed a bill to be reported on the 7th instant appropriating the sum of five thousand dollars, for the purpose of attaching the valves and fire-extinguisher to the boilers of five of the public steamships of the United States.

   • 2013, Sarah Drummond, “Jolly and His Boy”, in Salt Story: Of Sea-Dogs and Fisherwomen, Fremantle, W.A.: Fremantle Press, →ISBN, section “Legends”:

     Thanks to the new marine safety officer’s crackdown commercial vessels, the foredeck was festooned with fire-extinguishers, EPIRBs and sodden flares, along with more essential items such as a gaff, catching net, squid jigs, torch, jump starter, red bucket, spare bricks for net anchors, buoys, rotten pilchards, Danforth anchor, fluorescent lights, trolling lures, spare rowlock, pliers, spark plug puller and a sixpack of beer.