Definitions for clack valve

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

clack′ valve`(n.)

  1. a valve having a hinged flap permitting flow only in the direction in which the flap opens.

    Category: Machinery

Origin of clack valve:

1855–60

Princeton's WordNet

  1. clack valve, clack, clapper valve(noun)

    a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction


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