hoseline

noun

Etymology

From hose + line.

  1. derived from linea
  2. derived from ligne
  3. derived from *līno-
  4. inherited from *līną
  5. inherited from *līnǭ
  6. inherited from *līnā
  7. inherited from līne
  8. inherited from line
  9. compounded as hoseline — “hose + line

Definitions

  1. A hose used to convey a substance, especially water for firefighting.

    • There have been many rescues made as a result of an aggressive search team who went in without a hoseline to make the grab.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hoseline. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA