stopcock

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The image immediately above shows the location of a gas stopcock cover.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2014

If the secondary filter has a drain, drain it, close the stopcock, refill it with fresh fuel and refit it to the flange.

From Time Magazine Archive

If you have sufficient reserve in your vacuum calculations after counting the pressure increases from hose lengths and fittings, adding a stopcock or two is helpful.

From Time Magazine Archive

Similarly, a stopcock on the output side of the filter could keep spills to a minimum.

From Time Magazine Archive

The alkalimeter is merely a graduated tube—a burette—with a stopcock at the lower extremity, from which the standard acid is dropped into water in which a known weight of the substance is dissolved.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various