Thesaurus: sea cock
In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea.
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Definitions
- In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea.
- The black-bellied plover.
- A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini).
- 1. In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea. 2. (Zoöl.) (a) The black-bellied plover. (b) A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini).