Word: hosing
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...five hose companies from nearby towns and lots laid blankets of water over the area, managed to shield nearby film vaults and buildings. The firemen had plenty of help. Actors Burt Lancaster, Ray Bolger, Steve Cochran, Gordon Mac-Rae, and studio Vice President Jack Warner dashed about like real-life heroes, saving whatever they could from the burning shed. In three hours it was all over. The fire (cause undetermined) had destroyed $1,500,000 in buildings and equipment over an area of eight acres. It was the biggest studio blaze in Hollywood's history...
Defense in Depth. In Baltimore, when a fire broke out in the Roosevelt movie theater, customers who wanted refunds formed such a crush around the boxoffice that firemen had to hose them aside before they could fight the fire...
Cylinder Head. Near Webster, S. Dak., after his radiator hose broke and let all the water out, beer-truck driver Henry Becht repaired the coupling, poured in 21 bottles of his load, foamed along...
...part of the costumes painted over by the Victorians was the codpiece, commonly worn by men from the 15th to the 17th Century. The Oxford English Dictionary describes the codpiece as "a bagged appendage to the front of the close-fitting hose or breeches [which was] often conspicuous and ornamental." When the painting was being restored, in 1942, the codpieces were revealed. TIME printed Bruegel's picture the way he painted...
...pieces of fire apparatus, sirens screaming, roared into the Yard late yesterday afternoon. Firemen quickly extended aerial ladders to the roof of Matthews Hall, and dashed into the 79-years old structure with hose lines...