bowser

== English == === Alternative forms === bowzer (dated) === Etymology === (liquids): From Bowser (“a surname”), named after Sylvanus Bowser, US inventor of the first fuel pump; also a trade name of SF Bowser inc., the inventor's company. (Irish): (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Noun === bowser (plural bowsers) (now chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station. 2010, David Nichols, Green Fields, Brown Fields, New Fields, footnote citing 1926 report, page 309, The Moree Municipal Council decided to devote the revenue derived from the rent of the bowser petrol pumps within the municipality for this year, which amounted to forty guineas. A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield. (British) 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. 2010, P. Dissanayake, N. Weragala, V. Smakhtin, Environmental Flow Assessment: Recent Examples from Sri Lanka, Alexandra Evans, K. Jinapala (editors), Proceedings of the National Conference on Water, Food Security and Climate Change in Sri Lanka, Volume 2, page 29, Due to increasing levels of water pollution arising from low flows, water becomes unsuitable for bathing during this period and is satisfied by bowser water supply. (Ireland, slang, used in the vocative) A buffoon or imbecile. ==== Related terms ==== bowsered, bowzered ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Bowers, bowers, bowres, browse