单词 | butterfly cock |
释义 | > as lemmasbutterfly cock butterfly cock n. rare a tap or other valve equipped with a handle which has two projections thought to resemble wings. ΚΠ 1868 Technologisches Wörterbuch III. 507/2 Robinet papillion, Butterfly-cock, winged tap. 1963 H. Calisher Textures of Life 15 To their left, water dripped into a sink from a single tap, flanked by a toilet in a half-open stall and a laocoön of pipes tipped with a butterfly cock that might once have meant gas. < as lemmas |
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