KINGSTON VALVE


Meaning of KINGSTON VALVE in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized K

Etymology: probably from the F.C. Kingston Co., Los Angeles, Calif.

: a conical valve opening outward from a ship and closed by the underwater pressure of the sea that is used especially on a ballast tank of a submarine

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