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fire rolls

fire rolls is the plural of fire roll.

Meaning of fire roll

Noun

fire roll (plural fire rolls)

  1. (historical) A special drumbeat used to summon men to their quarters in case of fire.
    • The dark, dingy smoke which now began to pervade the deck, left no doubt in the captain's mind as to the correctness of the seaman's suspicions. […] Staunch directed the drummer to beat the 'Fire-roll.'1829, Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, page 76

Questions about fire rolls

What is fire rolls the plural of?
Fire rolls is the plural of fire roll.

Words near fire rolls in the dictionary

  1. fire retardant
  2. fire retardants
  3. fire ring
  4. fire rings
  5. fire roll
  6. fire rolls
  7. fire safety
  8. fire salamander
  9. fire salamanders
  10. fire sale
  11. fire sales

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