English Explanatory Dictionary

Kingston valve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A valve fitted in the bottom of a ship's fuel, water or ballast tank that allows seawater to enter for the purposes of cleaning and to admit water ballast.

Word forms

Kingston valve Kingston valves

Etymology

After its inventor John Kingston (1786-1847), an English engineer.

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