engine company

noun

1. a unit of a city's fire department in command of one or more fire-fighting vehicles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of engine company¹

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Example Sentences

The flag this morning flies at half-staff in front of Engine Company 224 in Brooklyn.

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A few members of Casey's fire engine company paid him final honors.

From Project Gutenberg

The outbreak arose from a clash between a funeral procession and a fire-engine company.

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They had begun their history many years previously as a fire-engine company, and in 1832 had taken up military training.

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Henry Merrill had secured the engine company's large flag in Alton, and now carried it proudly.

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The congregation thought too much of it in 1848 to allow its use by Engine Company 42 for fire alarms.

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