garden engine en · NOUN
Meanings
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(historical) A wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens.
[…] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs and herbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration.
1859, Shirley Hibberd, The Town Garden, page 53:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| garden engines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |