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HOSE COCK [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
DEF

A tap or faucet threaded for connection of a hose.

CONT

Water may be applied through inexpensive hose bibb (garden valve) and hose systems ... Hose bibbs should be so located that any portion of an area may be reached with a 50-foot-long hose. Each hose bibb should be designed to supply a minimum of 10 gallons per minute (GPM) at 35 pounds per square inch (psi) for hand sprinkling or 10 GPM at 45 psi for operation of one yard-type sprinkler head.

OBS

hose bib; hose cock; sill cock : terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • hosebib
  • sillcock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
CONT

Robinet d'arrosage [...] Les robinets qu'on installe sur les appareils sanitaires, ceux qu'on emploie pour puiser de l'eau ou pour l'arrosage ne sont que des robinets d'arrêt comportant un bec ou un raccord approprié.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «robinet de puisage».

OBS

robinet d'arrosage : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Grifos y accesorios de fontanería
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Record 2 1981-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climate-Control Equipment (Motor Vehicles)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

With the radiator drain cock still open and the block drain plugout, fill the radiator with water from a garden hose.

OBS

The block may have one or two drain plugs. An in-line engine normally has one plug; a V-type has two one on each side of the block.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système de conditionnement de l'air (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
CONT

Le refroidissement à eau comprend: (...) une chambre à eau entourant les cylindres, les sièges de soupapes et les culasses; elle possède à se partie inférieure une entrée d'eau froide et à sa partie supérieure une sortie d'eau chaude; fréquemment, un bouchon de vidange est placé à l'endroit le plus bas de la chambre d'eau (...)

Spanish

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Record 3 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climate-Control Equipment (Motor Vehicles)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

open the drain cock in the bottom of the radiator and introduce the end of a hose in the filler of the radiator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système de conditionnement de l'air (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

le radiateur comporte en outre un bouchon fermant hermétiquement l'orifice de remplissage.

Spanish

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