ball cock

or ballcock

noun

a device for regulating the supply of water in a tank, cistern, or the like, consisting essentially of a valve connected to a hollow floating ball which by its rise or fall shuts or opens the valve.

Origin of ball cock

First recorded in 1780–90

Words nearby ball cock

ballbreaker, ball-buster, ball-carrier, ball clay, ball club, ball cock, ball control, balled-and-burlapped, baller, ballerina, Ballesteros

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Example sentences from the Web for ball cock

And Oswald could not prevent his fiddling with the pipes and the ball-cock a little.
New Treasure Seekers|E. (Edith) Nesbit
This cistern is fitted with a ball-cock, by which arrangement the liquid can be drawn off by a system of wooden pipes as required.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley
A tank situated in the roof, and fed from the main by a ball-cock valve, communicates with A through the siphon pipe S.
How it Works|Archibald Williams
It should have a large evaporating vessel, with a ball-cock to supply it.
Lectures on Ventilation|Lewis W. Leeds

In the larger sizes the tank is automatically refilled from a water service through a ball-cock.
Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use|F. H. Leeds

British Dictionary definitions for ball cock

ball cock

noun

a device for regulating the flow of a liquid into a tank, cistern, etc, consisting of a floating ball mounted at one end of an arm and a valve on the other end that opens and closes as the ball falls and rises with the water level in the cistern

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单词	ball cock
释义	ball cock or ballcock noun a device for regulating the supply of water in a tank, cistern, or the like, consisting essentially of a valve connected to a hollow floating ball which by its rise or fall shuts or opens the valve. Origin of ball cock First recorded in 1780–90 Words nearby ball cock ballbreaker, ball-buster, ball-carrier, ball clay, ball club, ball cock, ball control, balled-and-burlapped, baller, ballerina, Ballesteros Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ball cock And Oswald could not prevent his fiddling with the pipes and the ball-cock a little. New Treasure Seekers\|E. (Edith) Nesbit This cistern is fitted with a ball-cock, by which arrangement the liquid can be drawn off by a system of wooden pipes as required. Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II\|Arnold Cooley A tank situated in the roof, and fed from the main by a ball-cock valve, communicates with A through the siphon pipe S. How it Works\|Archibald Williams It should have a large evaporating vessel, with a ball-cock to supply it. Lectures on Ventilation\|Lewis W. Leeds In the larger sizes the tank is automatically refilled from a water service through a ball-cock. Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use\|F. H. Leeds British Dictionary definitions for ball cock ball cock noun a device for regulating the flow of a liquid into a tank, cistern, etc, consisting of a floating ball mounted at one end of an arm and a valve on the other end that opens and closes as the ball falls and rises with the water level in the cistern Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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