seacock

Examples

• All

• I had opened up the seacocks, and the water began to come in fast.

  Rebecca (1940)

• The sailor checked the seacock to ensure it was properly closed before leaving the dock.

• - I mean, sir, the seacocks.

  Rebecca (1940)

• - What are the seacocks?

  Rebecca (1940)

• Ned, you and I will go below and open the seacocks.

  Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

• - Seacock-

  Rebecca (1940)

• The puzzle was where the water could be coming from, given the vessel's steel plates and new seacocks.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Mac told Flora's people to open the seacocks, lash down everything capable of floating, and then come aboard Ariadne.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Oh, well, the seacocks are the valves to drain out the boat, and they're always kept tight closed when you're afloat.

  Rebecca (1940)

• He turned the lever on the seacock to allow water to flow into the tank.

Synonyms

S

stopcock

vsseacock

• Specialized

1 7.7

A valve you turn to control the flow of water in a pipe

is fitted to a hull to control water entering or leaving

P

petcock

vsseacock

• Specialized

1 9.9

A small valve that lets liquid or air out of a tank

is larger and fitted into a hull to control larger water flow

B

ballcock

vsseacock

• Specialized

1 9.1

A floating valve that controls the water level in a tank or cistern

controls flow through a hull rather than tank level management

T

turncock

vsseacock

• Archaic

9.9

A valve with a handle you turn to stop or let water flow

is mounted in a hull to let water move in or out

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology