"drain cock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: drain cocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drain cock (plural drain cocks)
  1. Alternative form of draincock. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: draincock
    Sense id: en-drain_cock-en-noun-bcEwd1Wo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The opening of cylinder drain cocks is generally arranged to take place simultaneously on all cylinders by operating a single control in the cab, and the effect should be four horizontal emissions of steam at the leading end of the engine with every revolution of the driving wheels of a 2-cylinder engine, six with a 3-cylinder simple, and so on. If in certain cases you have noted an emission at every fourth exhaust beat only, there seems little doubt you have mistaken for a drain cock effect the effect of a loose gland.",
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