单词 | ripping valve |
释义 | > as lemmasripping valve ripping valve n. a valve on a balloon or airship in the form of a ripping panel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > valve ripping valve1900 crab-pot1918 1900 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 10 49 It would require a balloon that should be fitted with a solid or ripping valve, a valve..which, when once torn open, was torn open for good and all. 1912 C. B. Hayward Pract. Aeronautics 51 The usual ‘ripping valve’ is also provided in the form of a narrow strip of balloon fabric glued over a long cut in the envelope. 1986 J. Lomax Women of Air i. 9 When the cotter pin attached to the ripping valve jammed on one solo flight, Dolly was carried swaying from the trapeze bar for several hours. < as lemmas |
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