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jockey valves

jockey valves is the plural of jockey valve.

Meaning of jockey valve

Noun

jockey valve (plural jockey valves)

  1. A manually-controlled auxiliary valve on the regulator of a steam engine to control smaller amounts of steam than can be managed by the main valve.
    • Jockey-valves of locomotive regulators are small auxiliary ports which can be opened by a suitable movement of the regulator-handle, when it is desired to pass no more than a limited amount of steam to the cylinders, as, for example, over level or slightly falling track with light loads. A...1946 March and April, “The Why and The Wherefore: Jockey-Valves”, in Railway Magazine, page 129

Questions about jockey valves

What is jockey valves the plural of?
Jockey valves is the plural of jockey valve.

Words near jockey valves in the dictionary

  1. jockey shorts
  2. jockey squat
  3. jockey strap
  4. jockey straps
  5. jockey valve
  6. jockey valves
  7. jockey's cap
  8. jockeydom
  9. jockeyed
  10. jockeyed for position
  11. jockeying

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