air valve
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noun
a device for controlling the flow of air, as from a pipe or tank.
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Examples from the Web for air valve
If now the air-valve be opened very slightly, an internal cone of the same blue colour makes its appearance.
He stopped the engines, opened the air-valve, and the great ship instantly began to settle quietly down.
With Airship and Submarine|Harry CollingwoodThe professor opened the air-valve and the ship at once began to settle down.
The Log of the Flying Fish|Harry CollingwoodIt was the kind of door that shuts with an air-valve, and it closed gradually, tranquilly, like velvet; a perfect lady of a door.
Life's Minor Collisions|Frances Warner
British Dictionary definitions for air valve
air valve
noun
a device for controlling the flow of air in a pipe
a valve for exhausting air from a fluid system, esp from a central-heating installationSee also bleed valve
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