air cock

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noun

Machinery. a special type of valve for controlling the flow of air.

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Nearby words

air cell, air chamber, air chief marshal, air cleaner, air coach, air cock, air command, air commodore, air conditioner, air conditioning, air conduction

Origin of air cock

First recorded in 1790–1800

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for air cock

As soon as the water-valve was closed and the air-cock opened, the compressed air blew all of the water out of the tube.
Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man|Francis Gano Benedict
There is also a valve or air-cock in the steam-chest, under the control of the engineer.
Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives|M. Baird, et. al..