WordNet
n. a pump worked by hand
Wikipedia
Hand pumps are manually operated pumps; they use human power and mechanical advantage to move fluids or air from one place to another. They are widely used in every country in the world for a variety of industrial, marine, irrigation and leisure activities. There are many different types of hand pump available, mainly operating on a piston, diaphragm or rotary vane principle with a check valve on the entry and exit ports to the chamber operating in opposing directions. Most hand pumps have plungers or reciprocating pistons, and are positive displacement.
Usage examples of "hand pump".
And she believed He had spoken to her as well, not from a burning bush or out of a pillar of fire, but in a still, small voice that said: Abby, you are going to need your hand pump.
After getting the water running with the hand pump, he splashed his grimy face until it felt clean and momentarily cooler.
Accompanying this euphonious mingling of basses and baritones and quavering sopranos, rising, falling, came a windy ghost's cavatina Steve recognized from his GI days as a small hand pump organ.
A tube and hand pump dangled from the rubber ball and the older youth grinned at her as he closed his hand around the pump.
Beyond the spare common room, Tellis stepped through the rear door and into a small stone-paved courtyard, empty except for the hand pump and catch basin in the right-hand corner.
Joao accepted the metal and plastic hand pump unit, slipped back to the rear hatch and down to the float He paused there a moment to study their surroundings.
Making sure the other end was in the canister before starting, she worked the hand pump in smooth strokes, nice and easy.
Within was a large iron hand pump, set imperiously on the wooden cover of a deep well, with a single iron pipe disappearing into the depths below.