Definitions for kingston valve
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Wiktionary
Kingston valve(Noun)
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.
Origin: After its inventor John Kingston (1786-1847), an English engineer.
Webster Dictionary
Kingston valve(u)
a conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line
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