tromp
tromp · tromps
An apparatus in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side…An apparatus in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace or gathers to generate compressed air.
/tɹɒmp/
Meaning
1 sensesAn apparatus in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace or gathers to generate compressed air.
Origin
French trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Doublet of trump and tulumbaFrench trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Doublet of trump and tulumba.
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