| 释义 |
bib-cock
[? f. bib n.1]
A cock or tap with a turned-down nozzle, as distinguished from a stop-cock. So bib-nozzle, bib-valve.
1797J. Curr Coal Viewer 63, 1 Piston cock (bib)..1 Air cock (bib) to fix in the sink pipe. 1853Dict. Archit., Bib⁓cock, a term used..to distinguish a cock which delivers fluids out of a pipe, from a stop-cock which is placed in the length of a pipe. a1877Knight Dict. Mech. s.v., c is a bib-valve, the closure being by a reciprocating slide. 1909Webster, Bib nozzle. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 281/2 Screw-down bib cock: this is the best-known type of tap. |