ball-cock

The Victorian red brick tower supports an iron sphere that looks like a cannon ball stuffed into the breech, or an immense sinister ball-cock.

Cool Goole No 2 Peter Ashley 2008

I sloshed through two inches of water, removed the back of the toilet, grabbed the ball-cock and saved the day.

Notes on Campbell: To Naomi Is To Love Me! 2007

Inside was a ball-cock, a bundle of stair-rods, an aigrette, the head of a spade, some broken clay-pipes, a box full of sheep's teeth, and a framed photograph of Leamington Baths ....

Cider With Rosie Lee, Laurie 1959

In the larger sizes the tank is automatically refilled from a water service through a ball-cock.

Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

And Oswald could not prevent his fiddling with the pipes and the ball-cock a little.

New Treasure Seekers Edith 1925

But though two plumbers have tried all their skill, the ball-cock in the cistern won't work, and when the water has been turned on an hour it overflows.

Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916

And Oswald could not prevent his fiddling with the pipes and the ball-cock a little.

New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune 1891

‘Student,’ said Mrs Bradley, who had discovered that Athelstan’s members answered readily to this optimistic and convenient appellation, ‘do you understand the nature and function of the ball-cock?’

Laurels are Poison Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1942

‘Student,’ said Mrs Bradley, who had discovered that Athelstan’s members answered readily to this optimistic and convenient appellation, ‘do you understand the nature and function of the ball-cock?’

Laurels are Poison Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1942