draincock
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draincock (plural draincocks)
- A tap or valve used to draw off water (or other liquid) from the lowest part of a tank, boiler, etc.
- 1949 Novermber and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 356:
- His chief trouble was stray sheep, and he scared most of them off with the draincocks and whistle.
Translations edit
a tap or valve used to draw off water (or other liquid) from the lowest part of a tank, boiler etc.
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