ˈfire-hook
[f. as prec.]
a. A large hook used in pulling down burning buildings. b. (See quot. 1874).
| 1467 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 385 That ther be v. fuyre hokes. 1585 Higins Junius' Nomenclator 279 Hama..a fire hooke. 1620 Nottingham Rec. (1889) IV. 371 We present the townes fyer hookes to be decayd for want of steales [handles]. 1788 Franklin Autob. Wks. 1887 I. 205 Fines..apply'd to the purchase of fire-engines, ladders, fire-hooks. 1812 H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr., Tale Drury Lane 89 The engines thunder'd through the street, Fire-hook, pipe, bucket, all complete. 1874 Knight Dict. Mech. I. 867/2 Fire-hook (Steam-engineering), a kind of hook for raking and stirring the furnace fire. |