noun
definition
An outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped.
Examples of hydrants in a Sentence
The principal industries are the manufacture of small arms (by the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Co., makers of the Colt revolver and the Gatling gun), typewriters (Royal and Underwood), automobiles, bicycles, cyclometers, carriages and wagons, belting, cigars, harness, machinists' tools and instruments of precision, coil-piping, church organs, horse-shoe nails, electric equipment, machine screws, drop forgings, hydrants and valves, and engines and boilers.
Hydrants are fixed in all the streets for the use of the fire brigade, which has a well disciplined and efficient personnel, and does not lack opportunities for the exhibition of its skill in a town built largely of wood.
Persons found to be using fire hydrants without the appropriate authorisation will be prosecuted.
There is also a fourth option of not testing the hydrants at all.
Brigades from the other towns had found that they could not use local hydrants.
Check firefighting resources provided for fire service use, including hydrants and fixed installations.
Back to top 2 Is the current method of determining the location of new hydrants the most appropriate?
A database needs to be set up to collate information on abandoned hydrants.
The pressure is conveyed to the crane by means of j ointed " walking " pipes, or flexible hose, connected to hydrants placed at regular intervals along the quay.
These hydrants are attached to two different lines, which either run under the snow or underground.
There are also plumbing products in most cities that make life more convenient, like water fountains, hydrants, pool and beach showers.