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seacock
[ see-kok ]
noun
- a valve in the hull of a vessel for admitting outside water into some part of the hull, as a ballast tank.
seacock
/ ˈsiːˌkɒk /
noun
- nautical a valve in the hull of a vessel below the water line for admitting sea water or for pumping out bilge water
Example Sentences
"The rules of engagement were that if you saw a German opening a seacock or giving orders to others to do so you could order him to stop - and if he refused, you could shoot him," he says.
Sussex lies to the south of Seacock Swamp on the line dividing Surry "from the county of Southampton, thence a straight course to Blackwater at the mouth of Coppohawk and up Blackwater to the line dividing" Surry from the county of Prince George.
The fireroom is full of water; but it looks to me as though a seacock had been opened.
Then Tuckfield opened a seacock, and the forward escape hatch began to fill with water.
The new instructors, with their liberal leanings, proved Dr. Seacock's undoing.
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