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draincock

noun

Etymology

From drain + cock.

  1. derived from *gew-✻ — “to bend, curve, arch”
  2. inherited from *kukkaz✻ — “mass, bulge, swelling”
  3. inherited from *kokk✻
  4. inherited from *cocc✻ — “heap, pile”
  5. inherited from cokke
  6. compounded as draincock — “drain + cock”

Definitions

  1. A tap or valve used to draw off water (or other liquid) from the lowest part of a tank,…

    A tap or valve used to draw off water (or other liquid) from the lowest part of a tank, boiler, etc.

    • His chief trouble was stray sheep, and he scared most of them off with the draincocks and whistle.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA