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drencher

drencher noun: one who, or that which, drenches.

Noun

drencher (plural drenchers)

  1. One who, or that which, drenches.
  2. A fire prevention device, like a sprinkler but ejecting a denser curtain of water and sometimes mounted on the outside of a building to prevent the spread of fire from those nearby.
    • A second system of conventional dry sprinkler heads is interspersed with the drencher heads.2008, John Ridley, John Channing, Safety at Work, page 675
    • The drencher supply should also be separate from the sprinkler supply.1950, Great Britain. Ministry of Public Building and Works, Post-war Building Studies (issues 28-31, page 14)

Forms of drencher

pluraldrenchers

Origin of drencher

From Middle English *drencher (found in the Surname Drencher), equivalent to drench + -er.

Questions about drencher

What does drencher mean?
Drencher means one who, or that which, drenches.
What part of speech is drencher?
Drencher is a noun.
What is the plural of drencher?
The plural of drencher is drenchers.

Words near drencher in the dictionary

  1. Dremels
  2. drempt
  3. drench
  4. drenched
  5. drenchedst
  6. drencher
  7. drenchers
  8. drenches
  9. drenchest
  10. drencheth
  11. drenching

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