fire engine

a vehicle equipped for firefighting, now usually a motor truck having a motor-driven pump for shooting water or chemical solutions at high pressure.

Also called fire truck.

Origin of fire engine

First recorded in 1670–80

Indeed, once the fire-engine house was taken, everybody seemed impressed by John Brown, rather than infuriated or vengeful.

When Robert E. Lee Met John Brown and Saved the Union |Michael Korda |May 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Now that the fire-engine house was surrounded by the marines, he was certain nobody could escape.

When Robert E. Lee Met John Brown and Saved the Union |Michael Korda |May 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There was Ann in her fire-engine Oscar de la Renta, straight out of the First Lady playbook.

Valerie Biden Owens Wears Givenchy Bird of Paradise Dress to Democratic National Convention |Isabel Wilkinson |September 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
But this fall specifically, a fire-engine coif is proving to be the must-have for the fashion pack.

Return of the Redheads |Alisa Gould-Simon |August 12, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

To have a fire without a fire-engine is like being married at a registry-office.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 14, 1920 |Various
The fire-engine is almost the only foreign mechanical power which has been popularized in China.

The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. |E. Rameur
When they arrive, leave your carriage there, and harness your team to a fire-engine, and come here as fast as you can.

Wenderholme |Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Probably some of you have seen a fire-engine throwing a stream of water through a hose upon a burning building.

Child's Health Primer For Primary Classes |Jane Andrews
He ran and called some people, and they fetched the fire-engine from the village and pumped out of the horse-pond just close by.

The Red Triangle |Arthur Morrison

fire engine

a heavy road vehicle that carries firefighters and firefighting equipment to a fire