beer engine

noun

, British.

1. beer pump.

Word History and Origins

Origin of beer engine¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

The pub's main bar - with its 150-year-old Chelsea pottery beer engine pump handles - is unusually low, with short stools in front.

From BBC

On the far side of the 10-seat bar, there are 19 draft lines and a beer engine for serving cask ales, and there’s a room just off the common space that will house the cooler and shelves for the bottled offerings.

From Los Angeles Times

But the relentless Force to the wheel of whose chariot he was tied, the amazing Ginger, sauntered up to the beer engine and struck Dinkie Dawson a blow on the shoulder.

From Project Gutenberg

"Well, you are a rum one, you are, and no mistake," murmured Miss Burton, not to the Sailor, but to the beer engine at her side.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a little commotion near the beer engine.

From Project Gutenberg