Category:Tromp

Tromp, n. Etym: [f. trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing Machine. Cf. Trump a trumpet.]

Defn: a blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of A vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is Carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is Led to a furnace. [written also trompe, and trombe.]

Tromp; trompe Tromp, trompe, n. Etym: [see trump a trumpet.]

Defn: a trumpet; a trump. [obs.] Chaucer.