English Explanatory Dictionary

dripstick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.

Word forms

dripstick dripsticks

Etymology

From drip + stick.

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