sillcock

English

Etymology

From sill +‎ cock.

Noun

sillcock (plural sillcocks)

  1. (US) A faucet designed to be installed horizontally on the outside wall of a building, typically to attach a garden hose.
    Synonyms: bibb, bibcock; spigot, spicket (sometimes synonymous, regiolectally)
    Hypernym: cock
    Holonym: plumbing
    Coordinate terms: petcock, seacock, stopcock

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