Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wooden or metal cylinder or tube which forms the body of a pump, and in which the piston moves.
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A bag would do as well as a tub, to hold the water which surrounds the pump-barrel; but, without the water which it is the object of either the one or the other to contain, the pump-barrel must be air-proof as well as water-proof.
The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton 1866
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