单词 | faucet-hole |
释义 | > as lemmasfaucet-hole attributive and in other combinations, as faucet-hole, faucet-seller. Also U.S. faucet-joint n. (see quot.). ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 69 Hearing a cause betweene an Orendge wife, and a Forset-seller. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 108/1 Tap is the Forset hole made in the head of the Barrel to draw the Liquor out. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Faucet-joint, 1. An expansion-joint for uniting two parts of a straight metallic pipe, which is exposed to great variations of temperature. 2. One form of breech-loader in which the rear of the bore is exposed by the turning of a perforated plug. < as lemmas |
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