gate valve
Britishnoun
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There was a whoosh of air as the spring-loaded gate valve opened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
After long labor engineers succeeded in clamping a master gate valve on the well, only to see the connections ripped apart, tossed into the air.
From Time Magazine Archive
A gate valve was placed in the 6-inch main close to the elbow on lower end of the down pipe from the tank.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
The sludge drain, which opens into the bottom of the tank, is usually a 4- or 6-inch cast-iron pipe, with suitable gate valve, which discharges into a common drain made of clay pipe.
From Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race
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