竜りゅう吐ど水すい

noun

hand-operated fire pump

Historical firefighting tool; a manually operated pump used to spray water onto fires. Now largely obsolete, replaced by modern fire engines.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの火ひ消けしは竜りゅう吐水どすいを使つかって消しょう火か活かつ動どうを行おこなった。

  Edo-period firefighters used hand-operated fire pumps to fight fires.

noun

water pistol; squirt gun; water gun

Toy that shoots water; synonymous with 水鉄砲 (みずでっぽう). This term is less common in modern usage and may be considered old-fashioned or literary.

See also: 水鉄砲

• 子こ供どもたちは夏なつ祭まつりで竜りゅう吐水どすいを買かってもらった。

  The children were bought water pistols at the summer festival.