English
wikipedia|Bowser (tanker)
Etymology
Originally a trade name of SF Bowser inc., the company of w:Sylvanus Bowser|Sylvanus Bowser the US inventor of the first fuel pump.
Noun
en-noun
- context|dated|except|_|Australia|and|New Zealand The fuel metering/delivery pump found in a filling station.
- A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.
- UK a mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.
Translations
;fuel pump
Spanish: surtidor m (de gasolina, de nafta)
;fuel transport vehicle
Spanish: camión cisterna m
vi:bowser
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