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fire swab

fire swab noun: a water-soaked swab for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.

Noun

fire swab (plural fire swabs)

  1. A water-soaked swab for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.
    • each warden should have ready for emergencies a sufficient supply of fire swabs or beaters, fire torches, and water carts1901, The Australasian Pastoralists' Review

Forms of fire swab

pluralfire swabs

Questions about fire swab

What does fire swab mean?
Fire swab means a water-soaked swab for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.
What part of speech is fire swab?
Fire swab is a noun.
What is the plural of fire swab?
The plural of fire swab is fire swabs.

Words near fire swab in the dictionary

  1. fire storms
  2. fire stream
  3. fire streams
  4. fire striker
  5. fire strikers
  6. fire swab
  7. fire swabs
  8. fire swatter
  9. fire swatters
  10. fire system
  11. fire systems

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